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macmini:~ mdsh$ cat /Library/StartupItems/Tomcat/Tomcat

#!/bin/sh

##
# Tomcat servlet container
##

. /etc/rc.common

export SERVICE_NAME="Tomcat Servlet Container"
export CATALINA_HOME=/usr/local/tomcat
export JAVA_HOME=/usr


StartService ()
{
echo "Starting ${SERVICE_NAME}"
$CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh
}

StopService ()
{
echo "Stopping ${SERVICE_NAME}"
$CATALINA_HOME/bin/shutdown.sh
}

RestartService ()
{
echo "restarting ${SERVICE_NAME}"
$CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh
sleep 2
$CATALINA_HOME/bin/shutdown.sh
}

RunService "$1"


macmini:~ mdsh$ cat /Library/StartupItems/Tomcat/StartupParameters.plist

{
Description = "Tomcat Servlet Engine";
Provides = ("Servlet Engine");
Requires = ("Web Server");
Uses = ("Disks", "NFS");
OrderPreference = "None";
}