1Proc::Guard(3)        User Contributed Perl Documentation       Proc::Guard(3)
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NAME

6       Proc::Guard - process runner with RAII pattern
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SYNOPSIS

9           use Test::TCP qw/empty_port wait_port/;
10           use File::Which qw/which/;
11           use Proc::Guard;
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13           my $port = empty_port();
14           my $proc = proc_guard(scalar(which('memcached')), '-p', $port);
15           wait_port($port);
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17           # your code here
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20           # or, use perl code
21           my $proc = proc_guard(sub {
22               ... # run this code in child process
23           });
24           ...
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DESCRIPTION

27       Proc::Guard runs process, and destroys it when the perl script exits.
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29       This is useful for testing code working with server process.
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FUNCTIONS

32       proc_guard(@cmdline|\&code)
33           This is shorthand for:
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35               Proc::Guard->new(
36                   command => \@cmdline,
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39           or
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41               Proc::Guard->new(
42                   code => \&code,
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METHODS

46       my $proc = Proc::Guard->new(%args);
47           Create and run a process. The process is terminated when the
48           returned object is being DESTROYed.
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50           command
51                   Proc::Guard->new(command => '/path/to/memcached');
52                   # or
53                   Proc::Guard->new(command => ['/path/to/memcached', '-p', '11211']);
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55               The command line.
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57           code
58                   Proc::Guard->new(code => sub { ... });
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60               'code' or 'command' is required.
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62           auto_start
63                   Proc::Guard->new(auto_start => 0);
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65               Start child process automatically or not(default: 1).
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67       pid Returns process id (or undef if not running).
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69       start
70           Starts process.
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72       stop
73           Stops process.
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VARIABLES

76       $Proc::Guard::EXIT_STATUS
77           The last exit status code by "$proc->stop".  If "waitpid" failed
78           with an error, this will be set to "undef".
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AUTHOR

81       Tokuhiro Matsuno <tokuhirom AAJKLFJEF GMAIL COM>
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LICENSE

84       Copyright (C) Tokuhiro Matsuno
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86       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
87       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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91perl v5.30.0                      2019-07-26                    Proc::Guard(3)