Copy an AIR app so you can run more than one instance with it's own settings & resources.

air_app_bifurcator.sh

#/bin/bash

# Usage: air_app_bifurcator.sh /Applications/HipChat.app SUFFIX

APP_PATH="$1"
APP_SUFFIX="$2"
APP_PATH_NEW=`echo "$APP_PATH" | perl -lape "s|\\.app|-$APP_SUFFIX.app|"`

if [ ! -d "${APP_PATH}" ]; then
    echo "Path to app ( $APP_PATH ) doesn't exist :( :( :("
    exit 1
fi

if [ -z "${APP_SUFFIX}" ]; then
    echo "Hey, supply a suffix as an argument to this script already"
    exit 1
fi

echo "New path is: $APP_PATH_NEW"

if [ -d "${APP_PATH_NEW}" ]; then
    echo "Removing current app at new path: $APP_PATH_NEW"
    rm -Rf "${APP_PATH_NEW}"
fi

echo "Copying $APP_PATH to $APP_PATH_NEW"
cp -pR "${APP_PATH}" "${APP_PATH_NEW}"

echo "Rejiggering the kajigger so we're cool"
perl -i -lape "s|<id>(.*)</id>|<id>\$1${APP_SUFFIX}</id>|" "${APP_PATH_NEW}/Contents/Resources/META-INF/AIR/application.xml"


echo "Done!"