@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +=== 0.2.0 / 2009-04-22 + +* Allow specification of args instead of ARGV so that scripts can + handle command line parsing and validation prior to spawning. + === 0.1.0 / 2009-01-26 * 1 major enhancement History.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require "fileutils" # Large portions of this were liberally stolen from the # 'simple-daemon' project at http://simple-daemon.rubyforge.org/ module DaemonSpawn - VERSION = '0.1.0' + VERSION = '0.2.0' def self.usage(msg=nil) #:nodoc: print "#{msg}, " if msg @@ -120,11 +120,14 @@ module DaemonSpawn # - <tt>:sync_log</tt> -- indicate whether or not to sync log IO # - <tt>:singleton</tt> -- If set to true, only one instance is # allowed to start - def self.spawn!(opts={ }) - case ARGV.size > 0 && ARGV.shift + # args must begin with 'start', 'stop', 'status', or 'restart'. + # The first token will be removed and any remaining arguments + # passed to the daemon's start method. + def self.spawn!(opts={ }, args=ARGV) + case args.size > 0 && args.shift when 'start' daemon = self.new(opts) - DaemonSpawn.start(daemon, ARGV) + DaemonSpawn.start(daemon, args) when 'stop' daemon = self.new(opts) DaemonSpawn.stop(daemon) @@ -138,7 +141,7 @@ module DaemonSpawn when 'restart' daemon = self.new(opts) DaemonSpawn.stop(daemon) - DaemonSpawn.start(daemon, ARGV) + DaemonSpawn.start(daemon, args) when '-h', '--help', 'help' DaemonSpawn.usage exit lib/daemon-spawn.rb 0dd52c3c7a6fa07128a8cddd0088948e9575a0dc Seth Falcon seth@evri.com http://github.com/alexvollmer/daemon-spawn/commit/ac38fad2b9ed693f7ec67d44bd621f5cc5776ec5 ac38fad2b9ed693f7ec67d44bd621f5cc5776ec5 2009-04-22T13:30:51-07:00 2009-04-22T13:30:51-07:00 Allow specification of args instead of ARGV This allows a script to handle command line argument parsing and validation prior to spawning the daemon with the oportunity to provide an operator with useful feedback on the stdout if bad parameters were specified. 97291fe86087a540bf60eec481201f5a4fa35cb1 Seth Falcon seth@evri.com