daemons 1.1.5 → 1.1.6

data/LICENSE

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) 2005-2011 Thomas Uehlinger
+Copyright (c) 2005-2012 Thomas Uehlinger
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
 obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation

data/README

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-= Daemons Version 1.1.5
+= Daemons Version 1.1.6
 
 (See Releases for release-specific information)
 

data/Releases

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 = Daemons Release History
 
+== Release 1.1.6: January 18, 2012
+
+* Add the :app_name option for the "call" daemonization mode.
+
 == Release 1.1.5: December 19, 2011
 
 * Catch the case where the pidfile is empty but not deleted 

data/examples/call/call.rb

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ testfile = File.expand_path(__FILE__) + '.log'
 #
 
 options = {
+  :app_name => 'mytask',
 #  :ontop => true,
   :multiple => true
 }

data/lib/daemons.rb

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require 'timeout'
 # 2.  <tt>Daemons.run_proc(app_name, options) { (...) }</tt>:
 #     This is used in wrapper-scripts that are supposed to control a proc. 
 #     Control is completely passed to the daemons library.
-#     Such wrapper script need to be invoked with command line options like 'start' or 'stop'
+#     Such wrapper scripts need to be invoked with command line options like 'start' or 'stop'
 #     to do anything useful.
 #
 # 3.  <tt>Daemons.call(options) { block }</tt>:
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ require 'timeout'
 #
 module Daemons
 
-  VERSION = "1.1.5"
+  VERSION = "1.1.6"
   
   require 'daemons/daemonize'
   
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ module Daemons
   #             Please note that Daemons runs this script with <tt>load <script></tt>.
   #             Also note that Daemons cannot detect the directory in which the controlling
   #             script resides, so this has to be either an absolute path or you have to run
-  #             the controlling script from the appropriate directory.
+  #             the controlling script from the appropriate directory. Your script name should not
+  #             end with _monitor because that name is reserved for a monitor process which is 
+  #             there to restart your daemon if it crashes.
   #
   # +options+:: A hash that may contain one or more of the options listed below
   #
@@ -204,6 +206,8 @@ module Daemons
   # Execute the block in a new daemon. <tt>Daemons.call</tt> will return immediately
   # after spawning the daemon with the new Application object as a return value.
   #
+  # +app_name+::  The name of the application.
+  #
   # +options+:: A hash that may contain one or more of the options listed below
   #
   # +block+::   The block to call in the daemon.
@@ -218,6 +222,7 @@ module Daemons
   # 
   # === Example:
   #   options = {
+  #     :app_name   => "myproc",
   #     :backtrace  => true,
   #     :monitor    => true,
   #     :ontop      => true
@@ -239,7 +244,9 @@ module Daemons
     options[:proc] = block
     options[:mode] = :proc
     
-    @group ||= ApplicationGroup.new('proc', options)
+    options[:app_name] ||= 'proc'
+    
+    @group ||= ApplicationGroup.new(options[:app_name], options)
     
     new_app = @group.new_application(options)
     new_app.start

metadata

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
   segments: 
   - 1
   - 1
-  - 5
-  version: 1.1.5
+  - 6
+  version: 1.1.6
 platform: ruby
 authors: 
 - Thomas Uehlinger