Guard::Process 
Guard to run continues processes.
This gem requires Ruby 1.9.2 or JRuby in 1.9 mode.
Usage
Please read the Guard documentation to learn how to use Guard.
There is also an exellent screencast available on Railscasts
Guardfile
You can add as many process Guards as you want, an example Guardfile:
guard 'process', :name => 'EndlessRunner', :command => 'rails runner Something::ThatGoesOnAndOn' do
watch('Gemfile.lock')
end
guard 'process', :name => 'AnotherRunner', :command => 'rails runner AnotherRunner' do
watch('Gemfile.lock')
end
Options
The following options are available:
- name The display name of your process in Guard, this is shown when Guard::Process is starting and stopping your process
- command The command to run as you would run it from the command line
- stop_signal The signal that Guard::Process sends to terminate the process when it needs to stop/restart it. This defaults to 'TERM' (in some cases you may need KILL).
- env
A Hash with environmental variables to set for the context where your command runs, like so:
ruby {"SSL_CERTS_DIR" => "/etc/ssl/certs", "JAVA_HOME" => "/usr/local/java"}
Development
- Source hosted on GitHub
- Please report issues and feature requests using GitHub issues
Pull requests are welcome, please make sure your patches are well tested before contributing. When sending a pull request:
- Use a topic branch for your change
- Add tests for your changes using MiniTest::Unit
- Do not change the version number in the gemspec
License
Guard::Process is released under the MIT license.