process_starter 1.0.3 → 1.0.4

data/lib/process_starter.rb

@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 require 'rubygems'
 require 'fcntl'
 
-# https://github.com/rtomayko/posix-spawn
+# gem for spawn processes in ruby 1.8 avoiding fork/exec, 
+# see https://github.com/rtomayko/posix-spawn
 begin; require( 'posix/spawn' ) ; rescue LoadError ; end
 
 module ProcessStarter
@@ -20,11 +21,11 @@ module ProcessStarter
   # not waiting for it's finish, so child process run in parralel
   # not inheritting file descriptors, so it finds and closes all opened handels 
   # works in windows and linux
-  def self.start(s)
+  def self.start(s, allowed_methods=[:psexec,:start,:posix_spawn,:spawn,:fork])
     log "********* ProcessStarter.start INVOKING EXTERNAL COMMAND #{s}, WINRUN IS #{WINRUN}, HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN IS #{HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN}, HAVE_SPAWN is #{HAVE_SPAWN}"
     if WINRUN
       @@have_psexec ||= ((`psexec /?` rescue "") =~ /computer/ ? 2 : 1)
-      if @@have_psexec == 2
+      if @@have_psexec == 2 and allowed_methods.include?(:psexec)
         log "starting using psexec"
         r = system("psexec -d #{s}")
       else
@@ -33,11 +34,11 @@ module ProcessStarter
       end
     else
       log "Executing in Linux style"
-      if HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN
+      if HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN and allowed_methods.include?(:posix_spawn)
         close_them = Hash[ close_io().map {|x| [x, :close]} ]
         log "POSIX::Spawn::spawn with close descriptors: #{close_them.inspect}"
         Process.detach POSIX::Spawn::spawn( s, close_them) 
-      elsif HAVE_SPAWN
+      elsif HAVE_SPAWN and allowed_methods.include?(:spawn)
         # we hope on http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-1.9.3/Process.html#method-c-spawn
         # [close_others => true] option
         # TODO: check it

data/test/test_process_starter.rb

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class ProcessStarterTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
 #    r = ProcessStarter.start("ruby test/test2child.arb 120 >test/chout 2>&1")
     
-    ProcessStarter.start("ruby test/test2child.arb 120")
+    ProcessStarter.start("ruby test/test2child.arb 120", [:start,:fork] )
     #stat = Process::waitpid(r)
     
     #puts "i started child, r=#{r}, status = #{stat.inspect}"

metadata

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
 name: process_starter
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
-  hash: 17
+  hash: 31
   prerelease: 
   segments: 
   - 1
   - 0
-  - 3
-  version: 1.0.3
+  - 4
+  version: 1.0.4
 platform: ruby
 authors: 
 - Pavel Vasev