Adding Linux start script from Andreas Bolka

scripts/README.txt

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+This is a startup script for Helma written by Andreas Bolka. It allows 
+you to automatically run Helma as a service on Linux and Unix hosts. 
+It was originally written for Debian GNU/Linux, but was successfully 
+tested on SuSE Linux and should work for most Linux and Unix platforms. 
+
+If you are looking for a way to run Helma as Service on a Windows 
+machine, have a look at HelmaService: 
+ 
+ http://adele.helma.org/download/helma/contrib/hannes/helmaservice/
+
+If you experience any problems running Helma as service on Linux, 
+Windows or Unix box, please drop us a note on the Helma User Mailing 
+List: 
+
+ http://helma.org/development/mailinglists/
+
+
+
+

scripts/helma

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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# helma init script (written for debian, but should be rather generic)
+# needs helma.conf, preferrably in /etc/helma.conf
+#
+# andreas bolka, 2003-11-30
+#
+
+HELMA_CONFIG=/etc/helma.conf
+
+###
+
+# Check for existence of needed config file and source it
+if [ -r $HELMA_CONFIG ]; then
+    source $HELMA_CONFIG
+else
+    echo "Can't read config file $HELMA_CONFIG"
+    exit 6
+fi
+
+# Check for missing files and directories
+if [ ! -x $JAVA_BIN ]; then
+    echo "Config error: JAVA_BIN $JAVA_BIN not found or not executable"
+    exit 5
+fi
+if [ ! -r $HELMA_INSTALL/launcher.jar ]; then 
+    echo "Config error: $HELMA_INSTALL/launcher.jar not found or not readable"
+    exit 5
+fi
+if [ ! -d $HELMA_HOME ]; then 
+    echo "Config error: HELMA_HOME $HELMA_HOME not found"
+    exit 5
+fi
+
+# local settins
+RUN_CMD=$JAVA_BIN
+RUN_ARGS="$JAVA_OPTS -jar $HELMA_HOME/launcher.jar $HELMA_ARGS"
+
+case "$1" in
+start)	
+    echo -n "Starting $HELMA_SERVICE: "
+
+    if [ -f $HELMA_PID ]; then
+	echo "$HELMA_SERVICE (pid `cat $HELMA_PID`) already running"
+	exit 1
+    fi
+
+    cd $HELMA_HOME
+    nohup $RUN_CMD $RUN_ARGS > $HELMA_LOG 2>&1 &
+    echo $! > $HELMA_PID
+    echo "$HELMA_SERVICE (pid `cat $HELMA_PID`) started."
+    ;;
+
+stop)   
+    echo -n "Shutting down $HELMA_SERVICE: "
+    if [ ! -f $HELMA_PID ]; then
+	echo "$HELMA_SERVICE not running"
+	exit 1
+    fi
+
+    PID=`cat $HELMA_PID 2>/dev/null`
+    echo -n "$HELMA_SERVICE (pid $PID) "
+    kill $PID 2>/dev/null; sleep 2; kill -9 $PID 2>/dev/null
+    rm -f $HELMA_PID
+    echo "stopped."
+    ;;
+
+restart)
+    $0 stop && $0 start
+    ;;
+
+reload)
+    echo -n "Reloading $HELMA_SERVICE: $HELMA_SERVICE"
+    touch $HELMA_HOME/server.properties
+    touch $HELMA_HOME/apps.properties
+    echo "."
+    ;;
+
+*)	
+    echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/helma start|stop|restart|reload"
+    exit 1 
+    ;;
+esac
+exit 0

scripts/helma.conf

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+##############################################################
+###
+###   Helma object publisher config file
+###   Author:  Hannes Wallnoefer, <hannes@helma.at>
+###   Author:  Andreas Bolka
+###
+###   This file should be placed in /etc/helma.conf.
+###   It is read by the Helma service control script, 
+###   usually /etc/init.d/helma.
+###
+##############################################################
+
+##############################################################
+###   The name of this Helma server/service and the
+###   pid file to be used
+#############################################################
+HELMA_SERVICE=helma
+HELMA_PID=/var/run/helma.pid
+
+
+##############################################################
+###   Full path to Java executable
+##############################################################
+JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/java/sun-j2sdk1.4.2_02
+JAVA_BIN=$JAVA_HOME/bin/java
+
+
+##############################################################
+###    Options passed to the Java runtime
+##############################################################
+JAVA_OPTS="-Djava.awt.headless=true"
+
+
+##############################################################
+###   Helma install directory. This is where we look for 
+###   the Helma jar files (launcher.jar, lib/* and lib/ext/*)
+##############################################################
+HELMA_INSTALL=/usr/local/helma/helma-1.3.1
+
+
+##############################################################
+###   Helma home directory, in case it is different from the
+###   Helma install dir. This is where Helma will look for 
+###   properties files and applications.
+##############################################################
+HELMA_HOME=$HELMA_INSTALL
+
+
+##############################################################
+###   File to which standard and error output from Helma 
+###   is redirected
+##############################################################
+HELMA_LOG=$HELMA_HOME/log/helma-out.log
+
+
+##############################################################
+###   Helma options. Possible options are:
+###
+###    -f file    Specify server.properties file
+###    -p port    Specify RMI port number
+###    -w port    Specify port number for embedded Web server
+###    -x port    Specify XML-RPC port number
+###    -jk port   Specify AJP13 port number
+###
+##############################################################
+HELMA_ARGS="-w 8080"