class BackgroundProcess attr_reader :stdin, :stdout, :stderr, :pid # Initialize a BackgroundProcess task. Don't do this. Use BackgroundProcess.run or BackgroundProcess.run_pty instead def initialize(pid, stdin, stdout, stderr = nil) @pid, @stdin, @stdout, @stderr = pid, stdin, stdout, stderr ObjectSpace.define_finalizer(self) { kill } end # Run a command, connecting it's IO streams (stdin, sterr, stdout) via IO pipes, # which are not tty IO streams. # # Because of this, some programs (like ruby) will buffer their output and only # make it available when it's explicitely flushed (with IO#flush or when the # buffer gets full). This behavior can be overridden by setting the streams to # sync, like this: # # STDOUT.sync, STDERR.sync = true, true # # If you can't control the program and have it explicitly flush its output when it # should, or you can't tell the streams to run in sync mode, see # PTYBackgroundProcess.run for a workaround. def self.run(command) command = sanitize_params(command) if command.is_a?(Array) child_stdin, parent_stdin = IO::pipe parent_stdout, child_stdout = IO::pipe parent_stderr, child_stderr = IO::pipe pid = Kernel.fork do [parent_stdin, parent_stdout, parent_stderr].each { |io| io.close } STDIN.reopen(child_stdin) STDOUT.reopen(child_stdout) STDERR.reopen(child_stderr) [child_stdin, child_stdout, child_stderr].each { |io| io.close } exec command end [child_stdin, child_stdout, child_stderr].each { |io| io.close } parent_stdin.sync = true new(pid, parent_stdin, parent_stdout, parent_stderr) end # send a signal to the process. If the processes and running, do nothing. # Valid signals are those in Signal.list. Default is "TERM" def kill(signal = 'TERM') if running? Process.kill(Signal.list[signal], @pid) true end end # Sends the interrupt signal to the process. The equivalent of pressing control-C in it. def interrupt kill('INT') end # asks the operating system is the process still exists. def running? return false unless @pid Process.getpgid(@pid) true rescue Errno::ESRCH false end # waits for the process to finish. Freeze the process so it can rest in peace. # You should call this on every background job you create to avoid a flood of # zombie processes. (Processes won't go away until they are waited on) def wait(timeout = nil) @exit_status ||= Timeout.timeout(timeout) do Process.wait(@pid) $? end rescue Timeout::Error nil end # Waits for the process to terminate, and then returns the exit status def exitstatus wait && wait.exitstatus end # Calls block each time a line is available in the specified output buffer(s) and returns the first non-false value # By default, both stdout and stderr are monitored. # # Args: # * which: which streams to monitor. valid values are :stdout, :stderr, or :both. # * timeout: Total time in seconds to run detect for. If result not found within this time, abort and return nil. Pass nil for no timeout. # * &block: the block to call. If block takes two arguments, it will pass both the stream that received the input (an instance of IO, not the symbol), and the line read from the buffer. def detect(which = :both, timeout = nil, &block) streams = select_streams(which) BackgroundProcess::IOHelpers.detect(streams, timeout, &block) end protected # It's protected. What do you care? :P def self.sanitize_params(params) params.map { |p| p.gsub(' ', '\ ') }.join(" ") end def select_streams(which) case which when :stdout then [stdout] when :stderr then [stderr] when :both then [stdout, stderr] else raise(ArgumentError, "invalid stream specification: #{which}") end.compact end end