Process

class Process : Obj

Process manages spawning external OS processes.

constructors

make	Construct a Process instanced used to launch an external OS process with the specified command arguments.

fields

command	Command argument list used to launch process.
dir	Working directory of process.
err	The output stream used to sink the process stderr.
in	The input stream used to source the process stdin.
mergeErr	If true, then stderr is redirected to the output stream configured via the `out` field, and the `err` field is ignored.
out	The output stream used to sink the process stdout.

methods

env	Environment variables to pass to new process as a mutable map of string key/value pairs.
join	Wait for this process to exit and return the exit code.
kill	Kill this process.
run	Spawn this process.

Slot Details

command

Str[] command

Command argument list used to launch process. The first item is the executable itself, then rest are the parameters.

dir

File? dir

Working directory of process.

env

Str:Str env()

Environment variables to pass to new process as a mutable map of string key/value pairs. This map is initialized with the current process environment.

err

OutStream? err := Env.cur().err

The output stream used to sink the process stderr. Default is to send to Env.err. If set to null, then output is silently consumed like /dev/null. Note this field is ignored if mergeErr is set true, in which case stderr goes to the stream configured via out.

in

InStream? in := null

The input stream used to source the process stdin. If null, then the new process will block if it attempts to read stdin. Default is null.

join

Int join()

Wait for this process to exit and return the exit code. This method may only be called once after run.

kill

This kill()

Kill this process. Returns this.

make

new make(Str[] cmd := Str[,], File? dir := null)

Construct a Process instanced used to launch an external OS process with the specified command arguments. The first item in the cmd list is the executable itself, then rest are the parameters.

mergeErr

Bool mergeErr := true

If true, then stderr is redirected to the output stream configured via the out field, and the err field is ignored. The default is true.

out

OutStream? out := Env.cur().out

The output stream used to sink the process stdout. Default is to send to Env.out. If set to null, then output is silently consumed like /dev/null.

run

This run()

Spawn this process. See join to wait until the process finished and to get the exit code. Return this.

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