Task

A task is a plugin located in ${MULLE_MONITOR_DIR}/libexec. The filename is the name of the task with '-task.sh' appended. This task file is a shell script plugin, that is "sourced" into mulle-monitor. You are of course free to call any other executable from this shell script.

Callback vs. Task

The general expectation is, that a callback is very small and does not take long to execute. A task is something that is longer running and would be running as a background job.

Plugin "API"

It must contain a function called <task>_task_run(), that will be called by the monitor.

e.g. The task is "hello"

File ${MULLE_MONITOR_DIR}/libexec/hello-task.sh:

hello_task_run()
{
   echo "VfL Bochum 1848"
}

You can manage tasks using the mulle-monitor task command.

Chaining to other tasks

If you're done with your task "hellow" and want to execute another task "world", do it like this:

hello_task_run()
{
   echo "VfL Bochum 1848"
   run_task_main "world"
}