worker

Documentation

Index

• type Worker
  • func Spawn(args ...string) (w *Worker)
  • func (w *Worker) Kill() (err error)
  • func (w *Worker) Stop() (err error)

Types

type Worker

type Worker struct {
	*exec.Cmd

	StdConn stdconn.StdConn
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

func Spawn

func Spawn(args ...string) (w *Worker)

Spawn starts up an arbitrary executable file with given arguments and attaches a connection to its stdin/stdout

func (*Worker) Kill

func (w *Worker) Kill() (err error)

Kill forces the child process to shut down without cleanup

func (*Worker) Stop

func (w *Worker) Stop() (err error)

Stop signals the worker to shut down cleanly. Note that the worker must have handlers for os.Signal messages. It is possible and neater to put a quit method in the IPC API and use the quit channel built into the StdConn