comp.lang.ruby

Robert Klemme

5/20/2006 8:20:00 AM

hariwise@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi:
>
>>From ruby code, I am executing another command and reading the output
> using File.popen.
> The external command might run for a long time and I was to ensure that
> if the ruby interpreter is terminated, the process that is executing
> the command is cleaned up as well.
>
> How do I accomplish this ? I am working in windows.

At least under cygwin this should work: use method #pid of the IO object
created by popen() to record the process id. Then trap SIGINT (or
whatever) and send it via Process.kill to the child process.

Kind regards

robert