#! /bin/bash
# @(#)(CAcert) $Id: commdaemon,v 1.2 2009/12/28 15:14:40 wytze Exp $
# commdaemon - script to run CommModule script in a loop,
#              while checking for removal of activation by external script

NAME=CommModule/commdaemon
PID=$$
TAG=${NAME}\[${PID}]

case $# in
    1)	SCRIPT=$1
	ACTIVE=${SCRIPT}-active
    	;;
    *)	echo "Usage: $0 <script>" 1>&2
    	exit 1
	;;
esac

syslog_error()
{
	logger -t ${TAG} -p user.err $1
}

syslog_notice()
{
	logger -t ${TAG} -p user.notice $1
}

if [ ! -x ${SCRIPT} ]
then
	syslog_error "${SCRIPT} not found or not executable"
	exit 1
fi

(echo -n "${TAG}: "; date) >${ACTIVE}

syslog_notice "main loop started"
while [ -f ${ACTIVE} ]
do
	syslog_notice "${SCRIPT} started"
	${SCRIPT} >>nohup.out 2>&1
	syslog_notice "${SCRIPT} ended"
	sleep 1
done
syslog_notice "main loop stopped"