Added method 'run' besides 'start' so daemonization is not mandatory.

Removed exit call on successful daemonization so that the launcher process doesn't die.

README.rdoc

@@ -30,9 +30,15 @@ Let's see an example using the Mac 'say' command.
 
     #here we can do whatever we want to exit gracefully
     `say bye`
+
+
+  #here we are using #start to daemonize. We could have used #run to just block and then send the INT signal with ctrl-c to stop
   end.start
 
-To kill the server just run:
+  puts "I'm the launcher that forked off master, bye bye"
+  puts "To kill the server just do: kill -s QUIT `cat preforker.pid`
+
+Remember that to kill the server you need to:
 
   kill -s QUIT `cat preforker.pid`
 

examples/ping_pong.rb

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 Preforker.new(:timeout => 10) do |master|
   #this block is only run from each worker (10 by default)
 
-  #here you should write the code that is needed to be ran each time a fork is created, initializations, etc.
+  #here you should write the code that is needed to be ran once each time a fork is created, initializations, etc.
   `say hi, I\\'m a worker`
 
   #here you could IO.select a socket, run an EventMachine service (see example), or just run worker loop
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@
 
   #here we can do whatever we want when exiting gracefully
   `say bye`
-end.start
 
-puts "This will never run"
+#we can use run instead of start to run the server without daemonizing
+end.start
 
-#to kill the server just do: kill -s QUIT `cat preforker.pid`
+puts "I'm the launching process that forked to create master, I did my job. Enjoy the noisy ping pong championship, bye bye!"
+puts "To kill the server just do: kill -s QUIT `cat preforker.pid`

lib/preforker.rb

@@ -30,27 +30,33 @@ def initialize(options = {}, &worker_block)
     $0 = "#@app_name Master"
   end
 
-  def start
-    launch do |ready_write|
-      $stdin.reopen("/dev/null")
-      set_stdout_path(@options[:stdout_path])
-      set_stderr_path(@options[:stderr_path])
+  def run(ready_write = nil)
+    $stdin.reopen("/dev/null")
+    set_stdout_path(@options[:stdout_path])
+    set_stderr_path(@options[:stderr_path])
 
-      logger.info "Master started"
+    logger.info "Master started"
 
-      pid_path = @options[:pid_path] || "./#{@app_name.downcase}.pid"
-      @pid_manager = PidManager.new(pid_path)
-      @signal_processor = SignalProcessor.new(self)
+    pid_path = @options[:pid_path] || "./#{@app_name.downcase}.pid"
+    @pid_manager = PidManager.new(pid_path)
+    @signal_processor = SignalProcessor.new(self)
 
-      spawn_missing_workers do
-        ready_write.close
-      end
+    spawn_missing_workers do
+      ready_write.close if ready_write
+    end
 
-      #tell parent we are ready
+    #tell parent we are ready
+    if ready_write
       ready_write.syswrite($$.to_s)
       ready_write.close rescue nil
+    end
 
-      @signal_processor.start_signal_loop
+    @signal_processor.start_signal_loop
+  end
+
+  def start
+    launch do |ready_write|
+      run(ready_write)
     end
   end
 
@@ -77,7 +83,6 @@ def launch(&block)
        exit!(1)
      else
        puts "Server started successfuly"
-       exit(0)
      end
   end
 

preforker.gemspec

@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = %q{preforker}
-  s.version = "0.1.0"
+  s.version = "0.1.1"
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["Daniel Cadenas"]
-  s.date = %q{2010-04-02}
+  s.date = %q{2010-04-11}
   s.description = %q{A gem to easily create prefork servers.}
   s.email = %q{dcadenas@gmail.com}
   s.extra_rdoc_files = [
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
      "VERSION",
      "examples/amqp.rb",
      "examples/amqp_client.rb",
+     "examples/em_echo_server.rb",
      "examples/ping_pong.rb",
      "lib/preforker.rb",
      "lib/preforker/pid_manager.rb",
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
      "spec/support/integration.rb",
      "examples/amqp.rb",
      "examples/amqp_client.rb",
+     "examples/em_echo_server.rb",
      "examples/ping_pong.rb"
   ]