A nodule for running and stopping an HTTP service

main.coffee

if process.argv.length != 4
  console.log 'Usage: coffee main.coffee <start cmd> <stop cmd>'
  process.exit 1

{exec} = require 'child_process'

stopApache = ->
  exec process.argv[3], ->
    process.exit()

process.on 'SIGINT', stopApache
process.on 'SIGTERM', stopApache

exec process.argv[2]

loopFn = ->
  setTimeout loopFn, 100000
loopFn()