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

Christian Couder [off-list ref] 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.