Added a start command

src/cmd/mod.rs

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 pub mod new;
+pub mod start;

src/cmd/start.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+use std::process::Command;
+
+pub fn start_command(server_name: &str) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+  println!("Starting server {}.", server_name);
+
+  // set up our path variables
+  let home_path = shellexpand::tilde("~");
+  let server_directory_path = format!("{}/{}", home_path, server_name);
+  let script_file_path = format!("{}/start.sh", server_directory_path);
+  let eula_file_path = format!("{}/eula.txt", server_directory_path);
+
+  // check if eula.txt exists - if it doesn't then warn the user they'll need to accept it and possibly modify server settings
+  if !std::path::Path::new(&eula_file_path).exists() {
+    println!("The eula.txt does not exist - you will need to accept the EULA located at {} by changing 'false' to 'true'.", eula_file_path);
+    println!("This appears to be a new server instance. Don't forget to modify server.properties!");
+  }
+
+  // run the start command
+  Command::new(script_file_path).output()?;
+
+  // return okay signal
+  Ok(())
+}

src/main.rs

@@ -15,11 +15,17 @@ enum Commands {
   // new server subcommand
   #[clap(name = "new", about = "Create a new Minecraft java edition server instance.")]
   New {
-    #[clap(short = 'n', long, required = true, help = "[REQUIRED] The name for your new server")]
+    #[clap(short = 'n', long, required = true, help = "[REQUIRED] The name for your new server.")]
     server_name: String,
     #[clap(short = 'm', long, required = true, help = "[REQUIRED] Minecraft Java Edition server version to use.")]
     minecraft_version: String,
   },
+
+  #[clap(name = "start", about = "Start a Minecraft java edition server instance.")]
+  Start {
+    #[clap(short = 'n', long, required = true, help = "[REQUIRED] The name of your Minecraft server instance.")]
+    server_name: String,
+  }
 }
 
 fn main() {
@@ -29,6 +35,7 @@ fn main() {
   // map subcommands back to the main command
   let res = match &cli.command {
     Commands::New { server_name, minecraft_version } => cmd::new::new_command(&server_name, &minecraft_version),
+    Commands::Start { server_name } => cmd::start::start_command(&server_name),
   };
 
   match res {