From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2006-12-13T23:45:40+09:00
Subject: Re: How do I run WEBrick as a daemon?

On 12/13/06, Ashley Moran <work@ashleymoran.me.uk> wrote:

> The skeleton of the code is below.  I've noticed there is a
> WEBrick::Daemon class but I can't figure out how to use it.  I've
> tried using script/server from Rails as a template but it's pretty
> complex.  Can anyone offer some hints?

*blows dust off of gambit*

We just pass a become_daemon flag in our subclass of
Webrick::HTTPServer, and then use this to determine whether or not to
start the Daemon.  There is some extra stuff in there, but I figured
it'd be useful to see it in context.

		def initialize( game_class,
			            port = 80, html_dir = "html", become_daemon = false )
			super(:Port => port)
			
			@html_dir = File.join(File.expand_path(File.dirname($0)), html_dir)
			self.class.const_set(:SERVER, self)
			@server_message = nil

			@game_class        = game_class
			@games             = Hash.new
			@players           = Hash.new
			
			WEBrick::Daemon.start if become_daemon
			
			mount_proc("/") { |req, resp| serve_file(req, resp, req.path) }
			mount_proc("/view") { |req, resp| serve_view(req, resp) }
			mount_proc("/event") { |req, resp| serve_event(req, resp) }
			mount_proc("/server") { |req, resp| serve_server_event(req, resp) }

			['INT', 'TERM'].each { |signal| trap(signal) { shutdown } }
		end