class EventMachine::ProcessWatch

This is subclassed from EventMachine::Connection for use with the process monitoring API. Read the documentation on the instance methods of this class, and for a full explanation see EventMachine.watch_process.

Constants

Cexit

@private

Cfork

@private

Public Instance Methods

pid() click to toggle source

Returns the pid that EventMachine::watch_process was originally called with.

# File lib/em/process_watch.rb, line 22
def pid
  @pid
end
process_exited() click to toggle source

Should be redefined with the user’s custom callback that will be fired when the process exits.

stop_watching is called automatically after this callback

# File lib/em/process_watch.rb, line 35
def process_exited
end
process_forked() click to toggle source

Should be redefined with the user’s custom callback that will be fired when the prcess is forked.

There is currently not an easy way to get the pid of the forked child.

# File lib/em/process_watch.rb, line 29
def process_forked
end
receive_data(data) click to toggle source

@private

# File lib/em/process_watch.rb, line 12
def receive_data(data)
  case data
  when Cfork
    process_forked
  when Cexit
    process_exited
  end
end
stop_watching() click to toggle source

Discontinue monitoring of the process. This will be called automatically when a process dies. User code may call it as well.

# File lib/em/process_watch.rb, line 40
def stop_watching
  EventMachine::unwatch_pid(@signature)
end