Create localhost website folder and add virtualhost

mkhost.sh

#!/bin/sh
# USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. Tested on Ubuntu 11.04 with apache2.
# CHECK COMMENTS BEFORE RUNNING
# this script creates localhost website folder and adds virtualhost

# website name - it will append .lh for the path
# ex.: 'example' will be accessed as example.lh in the browser
website="$@"
if [ -z "$website" ]; then
	echo "No website, no fun."
	echo " "
	exit
fi

# current user, hosts file path, apache config path and htdocs path
user=$(logname)
hostsPath="/etc/hosts"
apacheConf="/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/zeratul"
htdocs="/home/vlad/www/"

# virtual host lines; check the logs paths!
virtHost="
<VirtualHost *:80>
	ServerName ${website}.lh
	DocumentRoot ${htdocs}${website}

	ErrorLog ${htdocs}logs/error.log
	CustomLog ${htdocs}logs/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>"

# create directory
mkdir $htdocs$website || continue

# change permissions and owner
chmod 0775 $htdocs$website
chown $user $htdocs$website

# add lines to files
echo "${virtHost}" >> $apacheConf
echo "127.0.0.1	${website}.lh" >> $hostsPath

# let's get it on
service apache2 restart