#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'daemons'
 
APP_NAME = 'rtwittbot'
 
def daemon_for(app_name, script)
    base = if File.symlink? __FILE__
        File.readlink __FILE__
    else
        __FILE__
    end
 
    begin
        Dir.mkdir File.expand_path("~/.#{app_name}")
    rescue Errno::EEXIST
        # all ok, already exists
    end
 
    daemon  = "#{File.dirname base}/#{script}"
    options = { :app_name   => app_name,
                :dir_mode   => :normal,
                :dir        => "~/.#{app_name}",
                :log_output => true }
 
    Daemons.run daemon, options
end
 
daemon_for(APP_NAME, 'rtwittbot.rb')