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    description     "Rac client starting Node with Upstart and Forever"

    # Start up when the system hits any normal runlevel, and 
    # shuts down when the system goes to shutdown or reboot.
    start on filesystem or runlevel [5]
    stop on runlevel [06]

    # IMPORTANT: You will want to use this with Forever. It
    # tells Upstart that forever is going to fork after it
    # starts.
    expect fork

    # This monitors Forever, which seems gratuitous.
    # TIP: Comment these out while debugging your script.
    respawn
    respawn limit 5 30

    # Send error messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
    console output

    # exampleuser is a very low-privileged user. We run as
    # this user instead of as root (the default user).
    setuid deploy

    # The user's home directory
    env HOME=/home/deploy

    # Now we run Forever, telling it to write its logs to
    # /tmp, and to run the script /opt/example/server.js
    script
            cd $HOME
	    # this will work only if you've mounted the fs read write
    	    echo "Debug Message" >> /tmp/upstart
            exec forever start -c /usr/local/bin/coffee /var/www/rac-client/nebulent-rac-ui/app.coffee
    end script