require 'optparse' def daemonize #:nodoc: exit if fork # Parent exits, child continues. Process.setsid # Become session leader. exit if fork # Zap session leader. See [1]. Dir.chdir "/" # Release old working directory. File.umask 0000 # Ensure sensible umask. Adjust as needed. STDIN.reopen "/dev/null" # Free file descriptors and STDOUT.reopen "/dev/null", "a" # point them somewhere sensible. STDERR.reopen STDOUT # STDOUT/ERR should better go to a logfile. end OPTIONS = { :interval => 5.0, :command => File.expand_path(RAILS_ROOT + '/script/process/spawner'), :daemon => false } ARGV.options do |opts| opts.banner = "Usage: spinner [options]" opts.separator "" opts.on <<-EOF Description: The spinner is a protection loop for the spawner, which will attempt to restart any FCGI processes that might have been exited or outright crashed. It's a brute-force attempt that'll just try to run the spawner every X number of seconds, so it does pose a light load on the server. Examples: spinner # attempts to run the spawner with default settings every second with output on the terminal spinner -i 3 -d # only run the spawner every 3 seconds and detach from the terminal to become a daemon spinner -c '/path/to/app/script/process/spawner -p 9000 -i 10' -d # using custom spawner EOF opts.on(" Options:") opts.on("-c", "--command=path", String) { |v| OPTIONS[:command] = v } opts.on("-i", "--interval=seconds", Float) { |v| OPTIONS[:interval] = v } opts.on("-d", "--daemon") { |v| OPTIONS[:daemon] = v } opts.separator "" opts.on("-h", "--help", "Show this help message.") { puts opts; exit } opts.parse! end daemonize if OPTIONS[:daemon] trap(OPTIONS[:daemon] ? "TERM" : "INT") { exit } loop do system(OPTIONS[:command]) sleep(OPTIONS[:interval]) end