darkhelmet-darkext 0.0.3 → 0.1.0

data/Manifest.txt

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ test/test_helper.rb
 lib/darkext/array.rb
 lib/darkext/boolean.rb
 lib/darkext/hash.rb
+lib/darkext/io.rb
 lib/darkext/numeric.rb
 lib/darkext/statistics.rb
 lib/darkext/string.rb

data/lib/darkext/io.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+require 'darkext/hash'
+
+module IO
+  # Runs a block and captures the output it generates
+  def self.capture_output(opts = { }) # yield e
+    opts.with_defaults!(:stdout => true, :stderr => true)
+    cout,cerr = opts[:stdout],opts[:stderr]
+    return if !cout && !cerr
+    old_stdout = STDOUT.dup if cout
+    old_stderr = STDERR.dup if cerr
+    r_stdout,w_stdout = IO.pipe if cout
+    r_stderr,w_stderr = IO.pipe if cerr
+    STDOUT.reopen(w_stdout) if cout
+    STDERR.reopen(w_stderr) if cerr
+    begin
+      yield
+    ensure
+      STDOUT.reopen(old_stdout) if cout
+      STDERR.reopen(old_stderr) if cerr
+      w_stdout.close if cout
+      w_stderr.close if cerr
+    end
+    ret_stdout = r_stdout.read if cout
+    ret_stderr = r_stderr.read if cerr
+    ret_stdout.close if cout
+    ret_stderr.close if cerr
+    return ret_stdout,ret_stderr if cout && cerr
+    return ret_stdout if cout
+    return ret_stderr if cerr
+  end
+end

data/lib/darkext/string.rb

@@ -15,11 +15,15 @@ class String
   end
 
   # Executes the string with system
+  # * :background => true to run command in the background using & (currently only works on *nix systems)
+  # * :capture => true to capture the output. If :capture => true, background is voided
   def exec(opts = {})
-    opts.with_defaults!(:background => false)
+    opts.with_defaults!(:background => false, :capture => false)
     cmd = self
-    cmd += " &" if opts[:background]
-    system(cmd)
+    # TODO: Do this with threads maybe, so it's OS agnostic?
+    cmd += " &" if opts[:background] && !opts[:capture]
+    return system(cmd) if !opts[:capture]
+    return `#{cmd}` if opts[:capture]
   end
 
   alias :/ :split

metadata

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
 name: darkhelmet-darkext
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
-  version: 0.0.3
+  version: 0.1.0
 platform: ruby
 authors: 
 - Daniel Huckstep
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ files:
 - lib/darkext/array.rb
 - lib/darkext/boolean.rb
 - lib/darkext/hash.rb
+- lib/darkext/io.rb
 - lib/darkext/numeric.rb
 - lib/darkext/statistics.rb
 - lib/darkext/string.rb