Create a noop process and get the PID
Useful for testing purposes.
$ npm install noop-process
const noopProcess = require('noop-process');
(async () => {
const pid = await noopProcess();
console.log(pid);
//=> 1337
})();Creates a noop process.
Returns a Promise<number> with the process ID of the created process.
Type: object
Type: string
Give the process a title to make it easier to see it in ps or kill it with killall.
Maximum 15 characters, as anything longer will be truncated by the system.
Type: boolean
Default: false
Let the process continue to live after the main process exits.
Type: boolean
Default: false
Make the process only killable with SIGKILL.
All the processes are cleaned up when the main process exits, but you can use this if you need them cleaned up earlier.