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+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+# Restart a running YaCy server through API call
+#
+# typical use is a periodic restart once daily using "cron" unix utility
+# 
+# use crontab -e
+# and something like:
+# 0 3 * * * /path/to/script/restartYACY.sh
+# to restart at 3 AM, every day
+#
+# $YACY_DATA_PATH : path to the YaCy DATA folder to use. When not set, the relative ./DATA path is used as a default.
+
+cd `dirname $0`
+
+if [ -z "$YACY_DATA_PATH" ]; then
+	YACY_DATA_PATH="DATA"
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d "$YACY_DATA_PATH" ]; then
+	echo "Invalid YaCy DATA folder path : $YACY_DATA_PATH"
+	echo "Please fill the YACY_DATA_PATH environment variable with a valid YaCy DATA folder path."
+	exit 2
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f "$YACY_DATA_PATH/yacy.running" ]; then
+	echo "No YaCy server appears to be running on DATA folder at : $YACY_DATA_PATH"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+(bin/apicall.sh "Steering.html?restart=true" > /dev/null && \
+echo "Please wait until the YaCy daemon process restarts [wget]" && \
+echo "You can monitor this with 'tail -F $YACY_DATA_PATH/LOG/yacy00.log' and 'fuser $YACY_DATA_PATH/LOG/yacy00.log'") || \
+exit $?
+
+# wait until the yacy.running file disappears which means that YaCy has terminated
+# If you don't want to wait, just run this concurrently
+echo "WAITING"
+while [ -f "$YACY_DATA_PATH/yacy.running" ]
+do
+	echo -n "."
+sleep 1
+done
+
+sleep 2
+
+
+echo "STARTING NOW"
+while [ ! -f "$YACY_DATA_PATH/yacy.running" ]
+do
+	echo -n "."
+sleep 1
+done
+