#!/usr/bin/env python
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# @(#) $Id: ACSStartContainerPy.py,v 1.5 2006/07/18 20:11:39 dfugate Exp $
#
#    ALMA - Atacama Large Millimiter Array
#    (c) Associated Universities, Inc. Washington DC, USA, 2001
#    (c) European Southern Observatory, 2002
#    Copyright by ESO (in the framework of the ALMA collaboration)
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#
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'''
Starts a Python Container.
'''
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__version__ = "$Id: ACSStartContainerPy.py,v 1.5 2006/07/18 20:11:39 dfugate Exp $"
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from Acspy.Util.ACSCorba import getManager
from Acspy.Container import Container

from sys import argv
from time import sleep

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if __name__ == "__main__":
    
    #this ensures that we don't log into manager until it's really
    #up and running.
    while getManager()==None:
        print "Failed to obtain the manager reference. Will keep trying!"
        sleep(3)
    
    g = Container(argv[1])
    if argv.count("-interactive")==0 and argv.count("-i")==0:
        g.run()
    else:
        import atexit
        atexit.register(g.destroyCORBA)
        print "This container is now running in interactive mode."
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