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Asked: 2026-05-18T00:30:10+00:00

I run the wesabe web app locally. Each time I start it by opening

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I run the wesabe web app locally.
Each time I start it by opening separate shells to start the mysql server, java backend and rails frontend.

My question is, how could you automate this with a shell script or rake task?

I tried just listing the commands sequentially in a shell script (see below) but the later commands never run because each app server creates its own process that never ‘returns’ (until you quit the server).

I’ve looked into sub-shells and parallel rake tasks, but that’s where I got stuck.

echo 'starting mysql'
mysqld_safe
echo 'starting pfc'
cd ~/wesabe/pfc
rails server -p 3001
echo 'starting brcm'
cd ~/wesabe/brcm-accounts-api
script/server
echo 'ok, go!'
open http://localhost:3001
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  1. Editorial Team

    If you don’t mind the output being messed, put a “&” at the end of the line where you start the application to make it run in background.

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