A module to launch native binary in the background

Installation

locenv mod install github:locenv/mod-launcher

Usage

local l = require 'launcher'
local p = l.spawn('path/to/binary')

API

launcher.spawn (binary [, wd])

Launch binary in wd and return the process object immediately without waiting for the process to exit. If wd is absent it will launch in the working directory of the script's current context.

The process will force exit if it is still running when the process object is out of scope.

process:wait ()

Wait for the process to exit.

License

MIT