recmon 1.1.0 → 1.1.1

data/CHANGELOG

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+== Version 1.1.1
+- Added ability to name the process (eg. "ruby: mymonitor" in the process list)
+
 == Version 1.1.0
 - Eliminated dependency on Daemons gem
 

data/README

@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ Create a monitor to obtain readings from the sensors at the right time:
 
   s = Recmon::Monitor.new()
 
+or customise the monitor with a different log file, process name, and frequency:
+
+  s = Recmon::Monitor.new("/var/log/my.log", "mymonitor", 25)
+  # appears in process list as => "ruby: mymonitor"
+
 Now add sensors for each aspect you want to monitor:
 
   s.web("Website", "http://www.example.com/index.html")

data/lib/recmon/monitor.rb

@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ class Monitor
   # The default frequency of 10 seconds is frequent enough to be near-real-time
   # without any burden on the processor. This is the frequency on which the
   # monitor checks if any sensors are due - not the frequency for each sensor.
-  def initialize(log="/var/log/recmon.log", freq=10)
+  # The +name+ is used in the process list (ps, top).
+  def initialize(log="/var/log/recmon.log", name="recmond", freq=10)
     @logfile = log
+    @name = name
     @freq = freq  # seconds
     @log = ""
     @sensors = []
@@ -34,13 +36,14 @@ class Monitor
     open_log()
     log("Recmon is monitoring.")
     # daemonise the process
+    $0 = @name
     fork do
       Process.setsid
       exit if fork
-      File.umask 0000
+      File.umask 0027 # default mode => 0750
       STDIN.reopen "/dev/null"
-      STDOUT.reopen "/dev/null"
-      STDERR.reopen "/dev/null"
+      STDOUT.reopen @log
+      STDERR.reopen @log
       monitor()
       while sleep(@freq)
         monitor()

metadata

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
 name: recmon
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
-  hash: 19
+  hash: 17
   prerelease: 
   segments: 
   - 1
   - 1
-  - 0
-  version: 1.1.0
+  - 1
+  version: 1.1.1
 platform: ruby
 authors: 
 - Richard Kernahan