Running VServer Office...

[Charles Yeomans]

I've been using launchd + VServer for some time.  See <http://www.declaresub.com/article/28/managing-valentina-server-with-launchd 
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Charles Yeomans

On Feb 11, 2008, at 3:57 AM, Mr. Bart Pietercil wrote:

> Hi All,
>
>
> I would VERY much like the VServer to be launched through Launchd.  
> If I understood correctly this is the only way to make sure that  
> when a VServer goes down he automaticly gets restarted. This is the  
> way Apache works and in my opinion should be the way on OSX that all  
> servers should be treated.
> Of course using Login Items is NOT the way to go. When a server  
> needs to be restarted all its services need to be launched without  
> the need for somebody to log in.
>
>
> Hoping....
>
> Bart Pietercil
>
>
> On 11-feb-08, at 09:01, Jeff Justice wrote:
>
>> Yes, understood now.  But wiki doesn't say that.  Ruslan is fixing  
>> wording.
>>
>> Still doesn't answer second question: "Why is this not a Unix  
>> executable file but instead a file with a .app extension?"
>>
>> Ruslan says that this is not the correct way to launch the  
>> VServer.  But on a Mac, what difference does it make to execute a  
>> shell command from a double-click vs. execute a shell command via  
>> Terminal?  None that I can see.  And, if you want to make it run on  
>> Startup, simply add it to the Login Items in the System Prefs.   
>> No?  Double-clicking would simply make it Mac standard.
>>
>> Jeff J.
>>
>>
>> On Feb 11, 2008, at 1:54 AM, Thorsten Hohage wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jeff,
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2008-02-11, at 07:11, Jeff Justice wrote:
>>>
>>>> Following the directions to launch VServer Office from the  
>>>> Terminal doesn't work.  Always returns:
>>>>
>>>> -bash: /Library/VServer_Office/VServer_Office.app: is a directory
>>>>
>>>> Only way to get VServer to launch at this point is to reboot the  
>>>> machine.
>>>>
>>>> Also very confusing that the VServer_Office file is a double- 
>>>> clickable application icon but it won't launch the server.  Why  
>>>> is this not a Unix executable file but instead a file with a .app  
>>>> extension?
>>>
>>>
>>> Because the ".app"-Application on Mac OS X IS a folder by design.  
>>> So you need to dig inside, e.g.
>>>
>>>
>>> cd /Library/VServer_Office/VServer_Office.app/Contents/MacOS/
>>>
>>>
>>> and then a
>>>
>>> ../VServer_Office
>>>
>>> or together
>>>
>>> ../Library/VServer_Office/VServer_Office.app/Contents/MacOS/ 
>>> VServer_Office
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> regards
>>>
>>> Thorsten Hohage
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>>>
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