Added Command Line Script Support to Stunt

[Todd Sundsted]

The last few GitHub (https://github.com/toddsundsted/stunt) commits
add support for specifying a boot script (or a file containing a boot
script) on the command line when starting the Stunt server. I added
this to support my Heroku-ified version of Stunt, and to make
stripping down a database into a barebones Stunt core easier.

I also updated Minimal.db and the associated README to support this
new functionality, since it makes the process of bootstrapping a new
database quite a bit easier than it has been in the past.

I actually updated the Programmers Manual, this time, as well. If you
want to use this functionality, you will have to add a `
$do_start_script()' verb to your database. An adequate implementation
of this verb would be:

return eval(@args);

Todd

[Seth I. Rich]

Is this a wizardly "return eval(@args);" without any permissions check?

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[Michael Munson]

Isn't there already a $server_started() verb?

Sent from my iPad

[Seth I. Rich]

$server_started would be convenient if the script were already wired up within the MOO.  What's mentioned here is a startup piece of code, which I can see as a good thing.  I just question the specific recommended implementation.

Seth
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[Todd Sundsted]

Seth, that was a good catch.  Yes, definitely any useful implementation of this verb is going to need security.  I will update the relevant docs.  I recommend at least:

  callers() && raise(E_PERM);

  return eval(@args);

Todd

[Todd Sundsted]

A slightly more readable write-up:

https://stunt.io/io/start-scripts

Todd