ett

#!/usr/bin/env zsh

flags=(-x -kill-other-sessions -v --logtostdout --silent -N --no-terminal -f --forward-ssh-agent)

et $@ && exit

if [[ $? -eq 1 ]]
then
        echo "Failed to connect to EternalTerminal server. Attempting to start it remotely."
        skiparg=0
        for argument in $@
        do
                if [[ $skiparg -eq 0 ]]
                then
                        # check if argument is a flag (with no parameter)
                        if [[ ${flags[(r)$argument]} == $argument ]]
                        then
                                skiparg=0
                        # assume the other arguments starting with '-' take a parameter
                        elif [[ $argument = $'-'* ]]
                        then
                                skiparg=1
                        else
                                host=$argument
                                break
                        fi
                else
                        skiparg=0
                fi
        done
fi

echo "starting server on $host"
ssh $host -- 'nohup nice etserver -daemon > et.out 2> et.err < /dev/null &'
sleep 1

if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]
then
        et $@
else
        echo "Server failed to start. Giving up."
fi