Re: [PATCH v2] instaweb: make it compatible with Mac OS X 10.5's apache installation.

On May 11, 2008, at 12:36 PM, nathan spindel wrote:

apache2_conf () {
-	test -z "$module_path" && module_path=/usr/lib/apache2/modules
+	# if there isn't an apache2 command on the system but there
+	# is a httpd command which looks like apache, use that instead
+	# for Mac OS X compatibility.
+	httpd_only="`echo $httpd | cut -f1 -d' '`"
+	if ! type $httpd_only > /dev/null 2>&1
+	then
+		found_apache_command=1
+		httpd_parent_paths="/usr/local/sbin /usr/sbin"
+		for i in $httpd_parent_paths; do
+			if test -x "$i/$httpd_only"
+			then
+				found_apache_command=0
+				break
+			fi
+		done
+
+		if test $found_apache_command != 0
+		then
+			alt_apache="httpd"
+			if type $alt_apache > /dev/null 2>&1
+			then
+				$alt_apache -v | grep Apache > /dev/null 2>&1
+				if test $? == 0
+				then
+					httpd=`echo "$httpd" | sed "s/apache2/httpd/"`
+				else
+					for i in $httpd_parent_paths; do
+						if test -x "$i/$alt_apache"
+						then
+							$i/$alt_apache -v | grep Apache > /dev/null 2>&1
+							if test $? == 0
+							then
+								httpd=`echo "$httpd" | sed "s/apache2/httpd/"`
+								break
+							fi
+						fi
+					done
+				fi
+			fi
+		fi
+	fi

I'd like to see a cleaner implementation of this logic, if anyone has  
strong shell-fu.