OSX:StartupItems

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2003/10/21/startup.html

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";

}