Vx::Lib::Spawn

This gem helps to spawn processes in a shell capturing output in realtime. It also allows to set the temeouts.

MRI 1.9.3, 2.0.0, 2.1.x.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'vx-lib-spawn'

And then execute the bundler:

$ bundle

Or install it via gem command:

$ gem install vx-lib-spawn

The following snippet demonstrates the usage:

include Vx::Lib::Spawn

spawn "ls -la" do |output|
  print output
  # prints directory listing
end

spawn("echo value", timeout: 10) do |output|
  print output
  #  its print "value\n"
end

# Spawn remote processes example

open_ssh('localhost', 'user') do |ssh|
  ssh.spawn("ls -la") do |output|
    print output
    # prints directory listing
  end

  spawn("echo value", read_timeout: 10) do |output|
    print output
    #  its print "value\n"
  end
end

When a timeout is reached spawn raises Vx::Lib::Spawn::TimeoutError or Vx::Lib::Spawn::ReadTimeoutError. Both exceptions inherit from Timeout::Error

Both spawn methods return process exit code. If a process was terminated by a signal, for example KILL or INT, the methods return negative number identical to a signal number (-9 for KILL, etc.)

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