NAME
Doit::Fork - run code in another process
SYNOPSIS
use Doit;
use Doit::Log;
sub run_test {
my(undef, $arg) = @_;
return "running in process $$ with arg $arg";
}
return 1 if caller;
my $doit = Doit->init;
$doit->add_component('fork');
my $fork = $doit->do_fork;
info $fork->call_with_runner('run_test', 'test argument');DESCRIPTION
This component provides a function do_fork, which forks a new process and returns a new Doit runner (like "do_ssh_connect" in Doit or "do_sudo" in Doit. This process is capable of running subroutines (using call_with_runner or call), or any other core Doit function.
A possible use case is to have multiple separated processes, but with the ability (unlike with normal forked processes) to call subroutines in these processes with possibly complex arguments and return values.
Note that all communication is still synchronous.
AUTHOR
Slaven Rezic <srezic@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2017,2023 Slaven Rezic. All rights reserved. This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.