start_vistrails.sh

#!/bin/sh
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#settings
LOG_DIR=/server/vistrails/logs

VISTRAILS_DIR=../vistrails
ADDRESS="localhost"
PORT="8081"
CONF_FILE="server.cfg"
NUMBER_OF_OTHER_VISTRAILS_INSTANCES="2"
MULTI_OPTION="--multithread"
if (("$#" > "0")); then
    VIRTUAL_DISPLAY="$1"
fi
if (("$#" > "1")); then
    ADDRESS="$2"
fi
if (("$#" > "2")); then
    PORT="$3"
fi
if (("$#" > "3")); then
    NUMBER_OF_OTHER_VISTRAILS_INSTANCES="$4"
fi
if (("$#" == "5")); then
   if(("$5" == "0")); then
       MULTI_OPTION=""
   else
       MULTI_OPTION="--multithread"
   fi
fi

PID="$LOG_DIR/pid.$PORT.vistrails"

echo -n "Starting VisTrails in Server Mode on display :0 - "
cd $VISTRAILS_DIR
export DISPLAY=:0
python stop_vistrails_server.py http://$ADDRESS:$PORT
sleep 5
#try again because sometimes it doesn't quit
python stop_vistrails_server.py http://$ADDRESS:$PORT

#finally kill it if it still did not respond because it was hanging
kill -9 `cat $PID`

export PYTHONPATH=/home/emanuele/src/titan/build/lib:$PYTHONPATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/emanuele/src/titan/build/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
python vistrails_server.py --rpc-server $ADDRESS --rpc-port $PORT --rpc-config $CONF_FILE --rpc-instances $NUMBER_OF_OTHER_VISTRAILS_INSTANCES $MULTI_OPTION&
echo $! > $PID