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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Laconica - a distributed open-source microblogging tool
+# Copyright (C) 2008, Controlez-Vous, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# This program tries to start the daemons for Laconica. Note that the 'maildaemon' needs to run as a mail filter.
+
+export INSTALLDIR=$1
+
+/sbin/start-stop-daemon -S --exec $INSTALLDIR/scripts/xmppdaemon.php -b -m --pidfile=/var/run/xmppdaemon.pid
+/sbin/start-stop-daemon -S --exec $INSTALLDIR/scripts/xmppqueuehandler.php -b -m --pidfile=/var/run/xmppqueuehandler.pid
+/sbin/start-stop-daemon -S --exec $INSTALLDIR/scripts/xmppconfirmhandler.php -b -m --pidfile=/var/run/xmppconfirmhandler.pid
+/sbin/start-stop-daemon -S --exec $INSTALLDIR/scripts/smsqueuehandler.php -b -m --pidfile=/var/run/smsqueuehandler.pid
+/sbin/start-stop-daemon -S --exec $INSTALLDIR/scripts/ombqueuehandler.php -b -m --pidfile=/var/run/ombqueuehandler.pid