Shell script to add the correct write permissions for Symfony2 Cache and Logs app directories

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#!/bin/bash
#
# author: Daniel Gomes <me@danielcsgomes.com>
# twitter: @danielcgomes
# License: MIT
# Change the value of the $apacheuser to match your apache user
# This command must be run on the root of your Symfony2 project
# You should Symlink it to your /usr/bi
#

APACHE_USER="add_apache_user"
CURRENT_DIR="${PWD}"
CACHE_DIR="app/cache"
LOGS_DIR="app/logs"
APP_DIR="app"

if [ -d "$APP_DIR" ] ; then
  echo "Will remove all files under $CACHE_DIR & $LOGS_DIR in $CURRENT_DIR, are you sure?"
  echo "(yes/no)"
  read input_variabled

  if [ "$input_variabled" == "yes" ]; then

	  if [ ! -d "$CACHE_DIR" ] ; then
	    echo "Creating $CACHE_DIR directory."
	    mkdir "$CACHE_DIR"
	  else
	    echo "Removing all files under $CACHE_DIR"
	    rm -rf "$CACHE_DIR/*"
	  fi

	  if [ ! -d "$LOGS_DIR" ] ; then
	    echo "Creating $LOGS_DIR directory."
	    mkdir "LOGS_DIR"
	  else
	    echo "Removing all files under $LOGS_DIR"
	    rm -rf "$LOGS_DIR/*"
	  fi

	  echo "Adding the right permissions to $CACHE_DIR and $LOGS_DIR"
	  sudo chmod +a "$APACHE_USER allow delete,write,append,file_inherit,directory_inherit" $CACHE_DIR $LOGS_DIR
	  sudo chmod +a "`whoami` allow delete,write,append,file_inherit,directory_inherit" $CACHE_DIR $LOGS_DIR
	else
		exit;
	fi

else

  echo "The directory does not exist."

fi