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+#!/bin/bash
+
+## Use CARTA desktop without Electron
+
+DIRNAME=`dirname $0`
+
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null && pwd )"
+
+########################################################################
+### There may be multiple users on the same server, so get unused ports
+read LOWERPORT UPPERPORT < /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range
+while :
+do
+        FRONTEND_PORT="`shuf -i $LOWERPORT-$UPPERPORT -n 1`"
+        WEBSOCKET_PORT="`shuf -i $LOWERPORT-$UPPERPORT -n 1`"
+        ss -lpn | grep -q ":$FRONTEND_PORT" || break
+        ss -lpn | grep -q ":$WEBSOCKET_PORT" || break
+done
+#######################################################################
+
+#######################################################################
+## Check if log directory exists and if not, create it.
+if [ ! -d $HOME/CARTA/log ]; then
+        mkdir -p $HOME/CARTA/log
+        touch $HOME/CARTA/log/carta.log
+fi
+logfilename=$HOME/CARTA/log/$(date +"%Y%m%d_%H%M%S_%Z").log
+
+## Keep only the latest 5 log files
+if [ "$(uname)" == "Linux" ]; then
+   ls -C1 -t ~/CARTA/log/* | awk 'NR>5' | xargs --no-run-if-empty rm
+fi
+if [ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]; then
+   ls -C1 -t ~/CARTA/log/* | awk 'NR>5' | xargs rm
+fi
+######################################################################
+
+#######################################################################
+### Find the host IP address or server name
+SERVER_NAME=$(hostname)
+SERVER_IP=$(hostname -I | cut -d' ' -f1)
+######################################################################
+
+## Find the number of threads on the system
+NTHREADS=$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_CONF)
+
+#####################################################################
+##### Default values
+folder=$PWD
+root=/
+threads=4
+omp_threads=$NTHREADS
+port=$WEBSOCKET_PORT
+fport=$FRONTEND_PORT
+grpc_port=-1
+
+#####################################################################
+display_help () {
+ echo "usage: carta [] CARTA file browser will default to the current path."
+ echo "             [<path>] CARTA file browser will default to the specified"
+ echo "                      path <path> e.g. carta ~/CARTA/Images"
+ echo "             [<image>] CARTA will directly open the image named <image>"
+ echo "                       e.g. carta aJ.fits or carta ~/CARTA/Images/aJ.fits"
+ echo "             [--folder=<path>] Optional: An alternative way to define the"
+ echo "                               default CARTA file browser path."
+ echo "                               Note: Not for directly opening an image."
+ echo "             [--help] View this help output"
+ echo "Remote mode flags"
+ echo "             [--remote] start CARTA in 'remote' mode. For accessing CARTA's"
+ echo "                        frontend through your webrowser rather than the standard"
+ echo "                        Electron interface. A free websocket port and a frontend"
+ echo "                        port will be chosen automatically."
+ echo "             [--port=<number>] Optional: Manually choose a websocket port for the"
+ echo "                               backend. CARTA will check if the port is available"
+ echo "                               and issue a warning if not. A typical value is"
+ echo "                               between 1025-65535."
+ echo "             [--fport=<number>] Optional: Manually choose a frontend port for the"
+ echo "                                CARTA web interface. CARTA will check if the port"
+ echo "                                is available and issue a warning if not. A typical"
+ echo "                                value is between 1025-65535."
+ echo "             [--grpc_port=<number>] Optional: Manually choose a port to activate "
+ echo "                                    and use the scripting functionality."
+ echo "                                    Note: This feature is currently in development."
+ echo "Advanced usage flags"
+ echo "             [--root=<path>] Define the lowest path the file browser can"
+ echo "                             navigate to. e.g. carta --root /home/bob means the"
+ echo "                             the file browser can not access anything in /home"
+ echo "                             Note: --root can not be set inside --folder."
+ echo "             [--threads=<number>] Set number of threads. It controls how many"
+ echo "                                  threads CPU-intensive tasks are split across."
+ echo "                                  The default value is 4."
+ echo "             [--omp_threads=<number>] Set the number of OpenMP threads. It controls"
+ echo "                                      how trivially parallelisable tasks are split"
+ echo "                                      by CARTA. The default value is the"
+ echo "                                      automatically detected number of cores on"
+ echo "                                      you system; usually 4 or 8 on a typical"
+ echo "                                      desktop or laptop."
+ echo "             [--size=<width>x<height>] Manually define the dimensions of CARTA's"
+ echo "                                       Electron window in pixels."
+ echo "             [--disable-gpu] May help if running CARTA Desktop through a VNC server"
+ echo "                             and images are not rendering properly."
+ echo "             [--debug] Open the DevTools in the Electron window."
+
+}
+#####################################################################
+
+## Get command line variables
+for i in "$@"
+do
+case $i in
+    -folder=*|--folder=*)
+    folder="${i#*=}"
+    shift # past argument=value
+    ;;
+    -root=*|--root=*)
+    root="${i#*=}"
+    shift # past argument=value
+    ;;
+    -threads=*|--threads=*)
+    threads="${i#*=}"
+    shift # past argument=value
+    ;;
+    -omp_threads=*|--omp_threads=*)
+    omp_threads="${i#*=}"
+    shift # past argument=value
+    ;;
+    -port=*|--port=*)
+    port="${i#*=}"
+    shift # past argument=value
+    ;;
+    -fport=*|--fport=*)
+    fport="${i#*=}"
+    shift # past argument=value
+    ;;
+    -grpc_port=*|--grpc_port=*)
+    grpc_port="${i#*=}"
+    shift # past argument=value
+    ;;
+    --help)
+    display_help
+    exit 1
+    shift # past argument with no value
+    ;;
+    *)
+          # unknown option
+    ;;
+esac
+done
+#################################################################
+#echo "DEBUG: folder= ${folder}"
+#echo "DEBUG: root= ${root}"
+#echo "DEBUG: threads= ${threads}"
+#echo "DEBUG: port= ${port}"
+#echo "DEBUG: fport= ${fport}"
+#echo "DEBUG: omp_threads= ${omp_threads}"
+#echo "DEBUG: grpc_port= ${grpc_port}"
+
+#################################################################
+#### Do some checks on the user defined command line variables
+
+if [ ! -d "$folder" ]; then
+ echo "$folder path does not exist. Defaulting to $HOME" 
+ exit 1
+fi
+if [ ! -d "$root" ]; then
+ echo "$root path does not exist. Please check." 
+ exit 1
+fi
+if [[ $threads != [0-9]* ]]; then
+ echo "Chosen thread value is not a number. Please check." 
+ exit 1
+fi
+if [[ $omp_threads != [0-9]* ]]; then
+ echo "Chosen omp_thread value is not a number. Please check." 
+ exit 1
+fi
+if [[ $port != [0-9]* ]] ; then
+ echo "Requested websocket port is not a number. Please check." 
+ exit 1
+fi
+if [[ $fport != [0-9]* ]]; then
+ echo "Requested frontend port is not a number. Please check." 
+ exit 1
+fi
+if [[ $grpc_port != -1 && $fport != [0-9]* ]]; then
+ echo "Requested gRPC port is not a number. Please check."
+ exit 1
+fi
+if [[ $port -lt 1025 || $port -gt 65535 ]] ; then
+ echo "Requested websocket port is out of range. Please check." 
+ exit 1
+fi
+if [[ $fport -lt 1025 || $fport -gt 65535 ]]; then
+ echo "Requested frontend port is out of range. Please check." 
+ exit 1
+fi
+if [[ $grpc_port != -1 && $grpc_port -lt 1025 || $grpc_port -gt 65535 ]]; then
+ echo "Requested gRPC port is out of range. Please check." 
+ exit 1
+fi
+checkport=`lsof -i :$port`
+if [ "$checkport" != "" ]; then
+    echo "Chosen websocket port is in use. Please chose another"
+    exit 1
+fi
+checkfport=`lsof -i :$fport`
+if [ "$checkfport" != "" ]; then
+    echo "Chosen frontend port is in use. Please chose another."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+#######################################################################
+### Start the python http server
+cd $DIR/resources/app
+
+# Latest ubuntu versions come with python3 by default
+# The python simple http server command is different for python3
+# Check if python3 is installed or not and run the appropriate command
+
+if command -v python3 &>/dev/null; then
+#    echo "DEBUG: python3 present"
+    python3 -m http.server $fport > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+else
+#    echo "DEBUG: python2 present"
+    python -m SimpleHTTPServer $fport > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+fi
+#######################################################################
+
+#######################################################################
+### Start the carta_backend process
+
+## Source the measures data
+DIR="$( cd "$( pwd "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null && pwd )/carta-backend/etc"
+
+export CASAPATH="../../../../$DIR linux"
+
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$DIR/../lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+
+$DIR/../bin/carta_backend verbose=true base=$folder root=$root port=$port threads=$threads omp_threads=$omp_threads grpc_port=$grpc_port >> $logfilename 2>&1 &
+# Get this carta_backend process PID
+this_carta_pid=$!
+
+sleep 1
+
+echo "Starting CARTA in remote mode"
+echo " "
+echo "To access CARTA, please enter either of the following URLs in your local web browser: "
+echo " "
+echo "$SERVER_NAME:$fport/?socketUrl=ws://$SERVER_NAME:$port"
+echo " "
+echo "OR"
+echo " "
+echo "$SERVER_IP:$fport/?socketUrl=ws://$SERVER_IP:$port"
+echo " "
+echo " "
+if [[ $grpc_port != -1 ]]; then
+echo "Your gRPC port number is $grpc_port"
+fi
+echo " "
+echo " "
+
+######################################################################
+### Get the PIDs of the HTTP server
+
+if command -v python3 &>/dev/null; then
+  httpserver_pid=$(ps aux | grep ${USER:0:5} | grep '[p]ython3 -m http.server' | awk '{print $2}')
+else
+  httpserver_pid=$(ps aux | grep ${USER:0:5} | grep '[p]ython -m SimpleHTTPServer' | awk '{print $2}')
+fi
+
+### Wait for the user to enter 'q' before exiting
+while true; do
+    echo -en "Press q to close CARTA:"
+    read input
+    if [[ $input = "q" ]] || [[ $input = "Q" ]]
+        then break
+    else
+       echo "" 
+    fi
+done
+
+### Stop the remote carta_backend process
+kill $this_carta_pid
+
+### Check if there are any other carta_pids active from the user (excluding Electron desktop carta_pid)
+all_carta_pid=$(ps aux | grep $USER | grep '[c]arta_backend' | grep -v 54140 | awk '{print $2}' | wc -w)
+
+### Only stop all HTTP servers if there are no other remote carta_processes running
+### (This allows for multiple remote processes to be run)
+if [ $all_carta_pid -eq 0 ]; then
+       kill $httpserver_pid
+fi
+
+### Go back to original directory
+cd -