Gist for https://github.com/indexzero/forever/issues/118

startup.js

var child_process = require('child_process');
var forever = '/opt/local/bin/forever';
var node = '/opt/local/bin/node';
var bash = '/bin/bash';
var mongod = '/opt/local/bin/mongod';

var cwd = process.cwd();

var procs = [
	[ 'test1', node, cwd + '/test1.js' ],
	[ 'test2', node, cwd + '/test2.js' ],
//	[ 'mongod', mongod, '--dbpath', '/opt/local/var/db/mongodb', '--logpath', '/opt/local/var/log/mongodb.log', '--rest' ],
	[ 'test3', bash, cwd + '/test3.sh' ]
];

for(var i in procs) {
	
	var o = procs[i];
	var is_script = o[1] === node || o[1] === bash;
	
	var m = /(.+)\/(.+)$/.exec(o[is_script ? 2 : 1]); 
	
	var dir = m[1];
	var prog = m[2];
	var id = o[0];
	
	var a = [ 
		'start', 
		'-a', 
		'-l', id + '.log',
		'-o', id + '.out',
		'-e', id + '.err',
		'--minUptime', '5000',
		'-c', o[1]
	];
	if(o[1] === node) {
		a.push('--sourceDir');
		a.push(dir);
		a.push(prog);
	}
	else if(is_script) {
		a.push(o[2]);
	}
	for(var i = 3; i < o.length; i++)
		a.push(o[i]);
	console.log(a.join(' '));
	child_process.spawn(forever, a);
}

test1.js

var cnt = 0;
var iii = setInterval(function() { console.log('test1'); if(cnt++ > 5) clearInterval(iii); }, 1000);

test2.js

var cnt = 0;
var iii = setInterval(function() { console.log('test2'); if(cnt++ > 5) clearInterval(iii); }, 1000);

test3.sh

#!/bin/sh

echo test3

sleep 10