Wait Signal

This library has a BSD 3-Clause License.

Use it has you will.

Disclaimer

See: The LICENCE information.

Overview

The Go module wait_signal implements two widely used blocks of code for waiting for os.Signals from the operating system.

Both functions wait until one of the desired os.Signals to be fired by the operating system but another also waits for a certain timeout.

• The Wait function just blocks the thread execution until it get one of the desired signals.
• The SleepWait function blocks the thread execution until it get one of the desired signals or a timeout occurs.

Add to your project

go get github.com/joaoribeirodasilva/wait_signal

Usage

Bellow you will find the usage exemples.

SleepWait() Example

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "os"
    "syscall"
    "time"

    "github.com/joaoribeirodasilva/wait_signals"
)

// Example
// SleepWait(sleep_time time.Duration, sigs ...os.Signal) os.Signal.
func main() {

    fmt.Println("wait_signals.SleepWait example")
    fmt.Println("wait 5 seconds for a sleep timeout or press CRTL+C to exit by a signal.")

    // the thread will block until a timeout set by the *sleep_time*
    // parameter or until it gets a syscall.SIGINT or a syscall.SIGTERM
    // signal (Ex: CTRL+C).
    sig := wait_signals.SleepWait(
        time.Duration(5000) * time.Millisecond, // sleep for 5 seconds.
        syscall.SIGINT, // wait for syscall.SIGINT.
        syscall.SIGTERM, // or for syscall.SIGTERM.
    )

    // if *sig* is null the we unblock due to the duration timeout.
    // if *sig* is not nil the it's a pointer to the signal received.
    if sig == nil {
        fmt.Printf("we exited due to a timeout\n")
    } else if *sig == syscall.SIGINT {
        fmt.Printf("we exited due to syscall.SIGINT signal\n")
    } else if *sig == syscall.SIGTERM {
        fmt.Printf("we exited due to syscall.SIGTERM signal\n")
    }

    os.Exit(0)
}

Wait() Example

package main

// Example
// Wait(sigs ...os.Signal) *os.Signal.
func main() {

    // the thread will block until it gets a syscall.SIGINT 
    // or a syscall.SIGTERM signal (Ex: CTRL+C).
    sig := wait_signals.Wait(syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)

    // the sig return which signal was received.
    if sig == syscall.SIGINT {
        fmt.Printf("we received a syscall.SIGINT signal\n")
    } else {
        fmt.Printf("we received a syscall.SIGTERM signal\n")
    }
    os.Exit(0)
}