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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] instaweb: make it compatible with Mac OS X 10.5's
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Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 11:42:03 -0700
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Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> writes:

> Maybe you can use a function like this not tested one:
>
> check_cmd() {
> 	cmd="$1"
>
> 	if type "$cmd" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
> 		if "$cmd" -v | grep Apache > /dev/null 2>&1; then
> 			httpd=$(echo "$cmd" | sed "s/apache2/httpd/")
> 		fi
> 	fi
> }

One worry I have with that approach is if any and all random
implementations of "httpd" that live somewhere in path do not do any harm
when started with "-v" option.  Namely, they should exit without becoming
a daemon and/or start the service.

I am not convinced that would be the case.