Dear all,��
I am happy to tell you I have a
first prototype of the tool for executing OS processes:
��As I said many times, the main idea
was to be as much as possible FFI-based, only for executing OS
commands and, from my point of view, a better end-user API.
Also, as for the first step, I had to focus on Linux/OSX.��
I would like to thank Pharo
Consortium for the sponsor of this development effort. Here is
the first milestone!
There are many things on my to-do
but I think the code is ready for some usage, testing, code
review and feedback! ��
All classes and all methods have
comments and I have quite some unit tests. All tests are green
in my OSX and a CentOS box.��
Important: you CANNOT have
OSProcess installed in the same image as OSSubprocess. This
is because I am reusing his SIGCHLD handler and for the time
being both cannot coexist. ��
Keep in mind that the tool may be
unstable and that MAY mean a VM crash. So use with care,
mostly the first time. If all tests passes, then there are
much less chances of something going bad.��
Important disclaimer: my tool
(OSSubproccess from now onward) is HIGHLY influenced by a subset
of the OSProcess project. There are parts which I even simply
copied and adapted them (OSSPipe, OSSAttachableStream,
OSSUnixProcessExitStatus). Other parts, I took them as
inspiration (the idea of ThisOSProcess representing the VM
process, the child watcher, and many others). In addition, I AM
STILL USING (maybe as a first step?) some of the OSProcess
PLUGIN (not OSProcess image side), such as the SIGCHLD handler
or the creation of pipes.
In github url you have all the
documentation of the project, included how to install it and use
it.��
Finally, if you test it in a OS
different than OSX and CentOS please share with me the results
(about the tests). Tomorrow the ConfigurationOf should
also appear in the Catalog of Pharo 5.0.��
Any feedback is appreciated.��
Best,��