Method: Daemonize.safefork

Defined in:
lib/daemons/daemonize.rb

.safefork ⇒ Object

Try to fork if at all possible retrying every 5 sec if the maximum process limit for the system has been reached



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# File 'lib/daemons/daemonize.rb', line 4

def safefork
  tryagain = true

  while tryagain
    tryagain = false
    begin
      if pid = fork
        return pid
      end
    rescue Errno::EWOULDBLOCK
      sleep 5
      tryagain = true
    end
  end
end