NAME

procasync - script for testing Proc::Async module

SYNOPSIS

procasync -start '<program-name> [<args...>]'
procasync -start <program-name> -start '<args>'

procasync -jobid [-status] [-stdout] [-stderr] [-wdir] [-rlist] [-done]
procasync -jobid [-result <file-name>]

procasync -help
procasync -version

DESCRIPTION

A simple script that tests all functions of the Proc::Async module.

  • it can start an external program, together with its arguments:

    procasync -start 'date -u'
    procasync -start date -start -u
    
       ID of the started job 'date' '-u':
       /tmp/q4Gi2VNroQ
  • it can show the status of started external program

    procasync -jobid /tmp/q4Gi2VNroQ -status
    
       Status of /tmp/q4Gi2VNroQ:
       completed, exit code 0, completed at Sat May 18 18:54:24 2013, elapsed time 0 seconds
  • it can fetch what was written to the standard output streams by the started external program

    procasync -jobid /tmp/q4Gi2VNroQ -stdout -stderr
    
       STDOUT of the job '/tmp/q4Gi2VNroQ':
       Sat May 18 15:54:24 UTC 2013
       STDERR of the job '/tmp/q4Gi2VNroQ':
  • it can show the working directory and the existing result names of the started external program

    procasync -jobid /tmp/q4Gi2VNroQ -wdir -rlist
    
       Working directory for the job '/tmp/q4Gi2VNroQ':
       /tmp/q4Gi2VNroQ
       List of files with results for the job '/tmp/q4Gi2VNroQ':
       a.file
       b.file
  • it can fetch a result itself

    procasync -jobid /tmp/q4Gi2VNroQ -result a.file
    procasync -jobid /tmp/q4Gi2VNroQ -result b.file
  • it can show whether the external program finished or not

    procasync -jobid /tmp/q4Gi2VNroQ -done
    
       Process finished
  • it can kill the running external program and clean up its results

    procasync -jobid /tmp/q4Gi2VNroQ -kill -clean
    
       Killing job '/tmp/q4Gi2VNroQ': failure
       Cleaning data for the job /tmp/q4Gi2VNroQ:
       4 files for job /tmp/q4Gi2VNroQ have been deleted.

OPTIONS

General options

-help

Print documentation and exits.

-version

Print the version and exits.

-quiet

Do not pollute STDERR with decorative message.