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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# LSB Tags
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides:          oxd-server
+# Required-Start:    $local_fs $network
+# Required-Stop:     $local_fs $network
+# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
+# Short-Description: oxd-server start script.
+# Description:       Start oxd server.
+### END INIT INFO
+
+# Startup script for oxd-server under *nix systems (it works under NT/cygwin too).
+
+##################################################
+# Set the name which is used by other variables.
+# Defaults to the file name without extension.
+##################################################
+NAME=$(echo $(basename $0) | sed -e 's/^[SK][0-9]*//' -e 's/\.sh$//')
+
+# To get the service to restart correctly on reboot, uncomment below (3 lines):
+# ========================
+# chkconfig: 3 99 99
+# description: oxd server
+# processname: oxd-server
+# ========================
+
+# Configuration files
+#
+# /etc/default/$NAME
+#   If it exists, this is read at the start of script. It may perform any
+#   sequence of shell commands, like setting relevant environment variables.
+#
+# $HOME/.$NAMErc (e.g. $HOME/.oxd-serverrc)
+#   If it exists, this is read at the start of script. It may perform any
+#   sequence of shell commands, like setting relevant environment variables.
+#
+#   The files will be checked for existence before being passed to oxd-server.
+#
+# Configuration variables
+#
+# JAVA
+#   Command to invoke Java. If not set, java (from the PATH) will be used.
+#
+# JAVA_OPTIONS
+#   Extra options to pass to the JVM
+#
+# OXD_HOME
+#   Where oxd is installed. If not set, the script will try go
+#   guess it by looking at the invocation path for the script
+#
+# OXD_BASE
+#   Where your oxd server base directory is.  If not set, the value from
+#   $OXD_HOME will be used.
+#
+# OXD_RUN
+#   Where the $NAME.pid file should be stored. It defaults to the
+#   first available of /var/run, /usr/var/run OXD_BASE and /tmp
+#   if not set.
+#
+# OXD_PID_FILE
+#   The oxd-server PID file, defaults to $OXD_RUN/$NAME.pid
+#
+# OXD_ARGS
+#   The default arguments to pass to oxd-server.
+#
+# OXD_USER
+#   if set, then used as a username to run the server as
+#
+# OXD_SHELL
+#   If set, then used as the shell by su when starting the server.  Will have
+#   no effect if start-stop-daemon exists.  Useful when OXD_USER does not
+#   have shell access, e.g. /bin/false
+#
+# OXD_INIT_LOG
+SERVICE_NAME="oxd-server"
+OXD_INIT_LOG=/var/log/oxd-server/oxd-server.log
+
+usage()
+{
+    echo "Usage: ${0##*/} [-d] {start|stop|run|restart|check|supervise} [ CONFIGS ... ] "
+    exit 1
+}
+
+[ $# -gt 0 ] || usage
+
+
+##################################################
+# Some utility functions
+##################################################
+findDirectory()
+{
+  local L OP=$1
+  shift
+  for L in "$@"; do
+    [ "$OP" "$L" ] || continue
+    printf %s "$L"
+    break
+  done
+}
+
+running()
+{
+  if [ -f "$1" ]
+  then
+    local PID=$(cat "$1" 2>/dev/null) || return 1
+    kill -0 "$PID" 2>/dev/null
+    return
+  fi
+  rm -f "$1"
+  return 1
+}
+
+started()
+{
+  # wait for 60s to see "STARTED" in PID file
+  for T in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
+  do
+    sleep 4
+    [ -z "$(grep STARTED $1 2>/dev/null)" ] || return 0
+    [ -z "$(grep STOPPED $1 2>/dev/null)" ] || return 1
+    [ -z "$(grep FAILED $1 2>/dev/null)" ] || return 1
+    local PID=$(cat "$2" 2>/dev/null) || return 1
+    kill -0 "$PID" 2>/dev/null || return 1
+    echo -n ". "
+  done
+
+  return 1;
+}
+
+
+readConfig()
+{
+  (( DEBUG )) && echo "Reading $1.."
+  source "$1"
+}
+
+
+
+##################################################
+# Get the action & configs
+##################################################
+CONFIGS=()
+NO_START=0
+DEBUG=0
+
+while [[ $1 = -* ]]; do
+  case $1 in
+    -d) DEBUG=1 ;;
+  esac
+  shift
+done
+ACTION=$1
+shift
+
+##################################################
+# Read any configuration files
+##################################################
+ETC=/etc
+if [ $UID != 0 ]
+then
+  ETC=$HOME/etc
+fi
+
+for CONFIG in {/etc,~/etc}/default/${NAME}{,9} $HOME/.${NAME}rc; do
+  if [ -f "$CONFIG" ] ; then
+    readConfig "$CONFIG"
+  fi
+done
+
+
+##################################################
+# Set tmp if not already set.
+##################################################
+TMPDIR=${TMPDIR:-/tmp}
+
+##################################################
+# oxd-server's hallmark
+##################################################
+OXD_INSTALL_TRACE_FILE="oxd-server-jar-with-dependencies.jar"
+
+
+##################################################
+# Try to determine OXD_HOME if not set
+##################################################
+if [ -z "$OXD_HOME" ]
+then
+  OXD_SH=$0
+  case "$OXD_SH" in
+    /*)     OXD_HOME=${OXD_SH%/*/*} ;;
+    ./*/*)  OXD_HOME=${OXD_SH%/*/*} ;;
+    ./*)    OXD_HOME=.. ;;
+    */*/*)  OXD_HOME=./${OXD_SH%/*/*} ;;
+    */*)    OXD_HOME=. ;;
+    *)      OXD_HOME=.. ;;
+  esac
+
+  if [ ! -f "$OXD_HOME/lib/$OXD_INSTALL_TRACE_FILE" ]
+  then
+    OXD_HOME=
+  fi
+fi
+
+
+##################################################
+# No OXD_HOME yet? We're out of luck!
+##################################################
+if [ -z "$OXD_HOME" ]; then
+  echo "** ERROR: OXD_HOME not set, you need to set it or install in a standard location"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+cd "$OXD_HOME"
+OXD_HOME=$PWD
+
+
+##################################################
+# Set OXD_BASE
+##################################################
+if [ -z "$OXD_BASE" ]; then
+  OXD_BASE=$OXD_HOME
+fi
+
+cd "$OXD_BASE"
+OXD_BASE=$PWD
+
+
+#####################################################
+# Check that oxd server is where we think it is
+#####################################################
+if [ ! -r "$OXD_HOME/lib/$OXD_INSTALL_TRACE_FILE" ]
+then
+  echo "** ERROR: Oops! oxd server doesn't appear to be installed in $OXD_HOME"
+  echo "** ERROR:  $OXD_HOME/lib/$OXD_INSTALL_TRACE_FILE is not readable!"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+#####################################################
+# Find a location for the pid file
+#####################################################
+if [ -z "$OXD_RUN" ]
+then
+  OXD_RUN=$(findDirectory -w /var/run /usr/var/run $OXD_BASE /tmp)
+fi
+
+#####################################################
+# Find a pid and state file
+#####################################################
+if [ -z "$OXD_PID_FILE" ]
+then
+  OXD_PID_FILE="$OXD_RUN/${NAME}.pid"
+fi
+
+get_pid() {
+        if [ -f $OXD_PID_FILE ]; then
+                PID_NUM=$(cat $OXD_PID_FILE)
+                echo "$PID_NUM"
+        else
+                PID_NUM="`ps -eaf|grep -i java|grep -v grep|grep -i 'oxd-conf.json'|awk '{print $2}'`"
+                ###For one more possible bug, find and kill oxd
+                if [ "x$PID_NUM" != "x" ]; then
+                        echo "$PID_NUM"
+                fi
+        fi
+}
+
+if [ -z "$OXD_STATE" ]
+then
+  OXD_STATE=$OXD_BASE/${NAME}.state
+fi
+
+case "`uname`" in
+CYGWIN*) OXD_STATE="`cygpath -w $OXD_STATE`";;
+esac
+
+
+OXD_ARGS=(${OXD_ARGS[*]} "oxd-server.state=$OXD_STATE")
+
+##################################################
+# Setup JAVA if unset
+##################################################
+if [ -z "$JAVA" ]
+then
+  JAVA=$(which java)
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f "$JAVA" ]
+then
+  JAVA=$(which java)
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$JAVA" ]
+then
+  echo "Cannot find a Java JDK. Please set either set JAVA or put java (>=1.5) in your PATH." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+#####################################################
+# See if OXD_LOGS is defined
+#####################################################
+if [ -z "$OXD_LOGS" ] && [ -d $OXD_BASE/logs ]
+then
+  OXD_LOGS=$OXD_BASE/logs
+fi
+if [ -z "$OXD_LOGS" ] && [ -d $OXD_HOME/logs ]
+then
+  OXD_LOGS=$OXD_HOME/logs
+fi
+if [ "$OXD_LOGS" ]
+then
+
+  case "`uname`" in
+  CYGWIN*) OXD_LOGS="`cygpath -w $OXD_LOGS`";;
+  esac
+
+  JAVA_OPTIONS=(${JAVA_OPTIONS[*]} "-Doxd.logging.dir=$OXD_LOGS")
+fi
+
+#####################################################
+# Are we running on Windows? Could be, with Cygwin/NT.
+#####################################################
+case "`uname`" in
+CYGWIN*) PATH_SEPARATOR=";";;
+*) PATH_SEPARATOR=":";;
+esac
+
+
+#####################################################
+# Add oxd server properties to Java VM options.
+#####################################################
+
+case "`uname`" in
+CYGWIN*)
+OXD_HOME="`cygpath -w $OXD_HOME`"
+OXD_BASE="`cygpath -w $OXD_BASE`"
+TMPDIR="`cygpath -w $TMPDIR`"
+;;
+esac
+
+JAVA_OPTIONS=(${JAVA_OPTIONS[*]} "-Doxd.home=$OXD_HOME" "-Doxd.base=$OXD_BASE" "-Djava.io.tmpdir=$TMPDIR")
+
+#####################################################
+# This is how the oxd server will be started
+#####################################################
+
+OXD_START="org.xdi.oxd.server.ServerLauncher"
+
+case "`uname`" in
+CYGWIN*) OXD_START="`cygpath -w $OXD_START`";;
+esac
+
+RUN_ARGS=(${JAVA_OPTIONS[@]} "$OXD_START" ${OXD_ARGS[*]})
+RUN_CMD=("$JAVA" ${RUN_ARGS[@]})
+
+#####################################################
+# Comment these out after you're happy with what
+# the script is doing.
+#####################################################
+if (( DEBUG ))
+then
+  echo "OXD_HOME     =  $OXD_HOME"
+  echo "OXD_BASE     =  $OXD_BASE"
+  echo "OXD_CONF     =  $OXD_CONF"
+  echo "OXD_PID_FILE      =  $OXD_PID_FILE"
+  echo "OXD_START    =  $OXD_START"
+  echo "OXD_ARGS     =  ${OXD_ARGS[*]}"
+  echo "JAVA_OPTIONS   =  ${JAVA_OPTIONS[*]}"
+  echo "JAVA           =  $JAVA"
+  echo "RUN_CMD        =  ${RUN_CMD[*]}"
+fi
+dip_in_logs() {
+	if [ ! -f $OXD_INIT_LOG ]; then
+		sleep 10
+	fi
+	echo "Checking logs for possible errors:"
+	INIT_START_STATUS=`tail -n 1 $OXD_INIT_LOG`
+	while true;
+	do
+		if [ "x$INIT_START_STATUS" != "x" ]; then
+			if [ "x$PREV_START_STATUS" = "x" ]; then
+				PREV_START_STATUS=$INIT_START_STATUS
+				sleep 10
+				INIT_START_STATUS=`tail -n 1 $OXD_INIT_LOG`
+			fi
+		fi
+		if [ "$INIT_START_STATUS" != "$PREV_START_STATUS" ]; then
+			PREV_START_STATUS=$INIT_START_STATUS	
+			sleep 10
+			INIT_START_STATUS=`tail -n 1 $OXD_INIT_LOG`
+		else
+			break;
+		fi
+	done	
+}
+
+do_start () {
+        PID_NUM=`get_pid`
+        if [ "x$PID_NUM" = "x" ]; then
+                echo "Starting $SERVICE_NAME:"
+
+    		if [ $UID -eq 0 ] && type start-stop-daemon > /dev/null 2>&1
+    		then
+      			unset CH_USER
+      			if [ -n "$OXD_USER" ]
+      			then
+        			CH_USER="-c$OXD_USER"
+      			fi
+      			start-stop-daemon -S -p"$OXD_PID_FILE" $CH_USER -d"$OXD_BASE" -b -m -a "$JAVA" -- "${RUN_ARGS[@]}" start-log-file="$OXD_LOGS/start.log" >> "$OXD_LOGS/start.log" 2>&1
+
+			dip_in_logs
+                	START_STATUS=`tail -n 10 $OXD_INIT_LOG|grep -i 'Start listening for notifications'`
+                	ERROR_STATUS=`tail -n 10 $OXD_INIT_LOG|egrep -i "Failed to start oxd server|Error"`
+                	if [ "x$START_STATUS" = "x" ]; then
+                        	###If by chance log file doesn't provide necessary string, sleep another 10 seconds and check again PID of process
+                        	if [ "x$ERROR_STATUS" != "x" ]; then
+                                	### Since error occurred, we should remove the PID file at this point itself.
+					rm -f  $OXD_PID_FILE
+                                	echo "Some error encountered..."
+                                	echo "See log below: "
+                                	echo ""
+                                	echo "$ERROR_STATUS"
+                                	echo ""
+                                	echo "For details please check $OXD_INIT_LOG ."
+                                	echo "Exiting..."
+                                	exit 1
+                        	fi
+	
+                	fi
+        		chown "$OXD_USER" "$OXD_PID_FILE"
+		else
+      			if [ -n "$OXD_USER" ] && [ `whoami` != "$OXD_USER" ]
+      			then
+        			unset SU_SHELL
+        			if [ "$OXD_SHELL" ]
+        			then
+          				SU_SHELL="-s $OXD_SHELL"
+        			fi
+
+        			touch "$OXD_PID_FILE"
+        			chown "$OXD_USER" "$OXD_PID_FILE"
+        			# FIXME: Broken solution: wordsplitting, pathname expansion, arbitrary command execution, etc.
+        			su - "$OXD_USER" $SU_SHELL -c "
+          			exec ${RUN_CMD[*]} start-log-file="$OXD_LOGS/start.log" >> "$OXD_LOGS/start.log" 2>&1 &
+          			disown \$!
+          			echo \$! > '$OXD_PID_FILE'"
+      			else
+        			"${RUN_CMD[@]}" > /dev/null &
+        			disown $!
+        			echo $! > "$OXD_PID_FILE"
+      			fi
+               	fi 	
+        	echo "PID: [`get_pid`]"
+        	echo "OK `date`"
+       	else
+               	echo "$SERVICE_NAME is already running ..."
+        	echo "PID: [$PID_NUM]"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+}
+
+do_stop () {
+	PID_NUM=`get_pid`
+        if [ "x$PID_NUM" != "x" ]; then 
+    		echo -n "Stopping $SERVICE_NAME: "
+    		if [ $UID -eq 0 ] && type start-stop-daemon > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+      			start-stop-daemon -K -p"$OXD_PID_FILE" -d"$OXD_HOME" -a "$JAVA" -s HUP
+
+      			TIMEOUT=30
+      			while running "$OXD_PID_FILE"; do
+        			if (( TIMEOUT-- == 0 )); then
+          				start-stop-daemon -K -p"$OXD_PID_FILE" -d"$OXD_HOME" -a "$JAVA" -s KILL
+        			fi
+
+        			sleep 1
+      			done
+    		else
+      			if [ ! -f "$OXD_PID_FILE" ] ; then
+        			echo "ERROR: no pid found at $OXD_PID_FILE"
+        			exit 1
+      			fi
+
+      			PID=$(cat "$OXD_PID_FILE" 2>/dev/null)
+      			if [ -z "$PID" ] ; then
+        			echo "ERROR: no pid id found in $OXD_PID_FILE"
+        			exit 1
+      			fi
+      			kill "$PID" 2>/dev/null
+
+      			TIMEOUT=30
+      			while running $OXD_PID_FILE; do
+        			if (( TIMEOUT-- == 0 )); then
+          				kill -KILL "$PID" 2>/dev/null
+        			fi
+
+        			sleep 1
+      			done
+    		fi
+
+    		rm -f "$OXD_PID_FILE"
+    		rm -f "$OXD_STATE"
+    		echo OK
+	else
+                echo "$SERVICE_NAME is not running ..."     
+		exit 1
+	fi
+}
+##################################################
+# Do the action
+##################################################
+case "$ACTION" in
+  start)
+	do_start
+    ;;
+
+  stop)
+	do_stop
+    ;;
+
+  restart)
+    OXD_SH=$0
+    > "$OXD_STATE"
+
+    "$OXD_SH" stop "$@"
+    "$OXD_SH" start "$@"
+
+    ;;
+
+  supervise)
+    #
+    # Under control of daemontools supervise monitor which
+    # handles restarts and shutdowns via the svc program.
+    #
+    exec "${RUN_CMD[@]}"
+
+    ;;
+
+  run|demo)
+    echo "Running oxd server: "
+
+    if running "$OXD_PID_FILE"
+    then
+      echo Already Running $(cat "$OXD_PID_FILE")!
+      exit 1
+    fi
+
+    exec "${RUN_CMD[@]}"
+    ;;
+
+  check|status)
+    if running "$OXD_PID_FILE"
+    then
+      echo "oxd server running pid=$(< "$OXD_PID_FILE")"
+    else
+      echo "oxd server NOT running"
+    fi
+    echo
+    echo "OXD_HOME     =  $OXD_HOME"
+    echo "OXD_BASE     =  $OXD_BASE"
+    echo "OXD_CONF     =  $OXD_CONF"
+    echo "OXD_PID_FILE      =  $OXD_PID_FILE"
+    echo "OXD_START    =  $OXD_START"
+    echo "OXD_LOGS     =  $OXD_LOGS"
+    echo "OXD_STATE    =  $OXD_STATE"
+    echo "CLASSPATH      =  $CLASSPATH"
+    echo "JAVA           =  $JAVA"
+    echo "JAVA_OPTIONS   =  ${JAVA_OPTIONS[*]}"
+    echo "OXD_ARGS     =  ${OXD_ARGS[*]}"
+    echo "RUN_CMD        =  ${RUN_CMD[*]}"
+    echo
+
+    if running "$OXD_PID_FILE"
+    then
+      exit 0
+    fi
+    exit 1
+
+    ;;
+
+  *)
+    usage
+
+    ;;
+esac
+
+exit 0