Process::Status
encapsulates the information on the status of a running or terminated system process. The built-in variable $?
is either nil
or a Process::Status
object.
fork { exit 99 } Process.wait $?.class $?.to_i $? >> 8 $?.stopped? $?.exited? $?.exitstatus
Posix systems record information on processes using a 16-bit integer. The lower bits record the process status (stopped, exited, signaled) and the upper bits possibly contain additional information (for example the program's return code in the case of exited processes). Pre Ruby 1.8, these bits were exposed directly to the Ruby program. Ruby now encapsulates these in a Process::Status
object. To maximize compatibility, however, these objects retain a bit-oriented interface. In the descriptions that follow, when we talk about the integer value of stat, we're referring to this 16 bit value.
Process::Status.wait(pid=-1, flags=0) → Process::Status click to toggle source
Waits for a child process to exit and returns a Process::Status
object containing information on that process. Which child it waits on depends on the value of pid:
Waits for the child whose process ID equals pid.
Waits for any child whose process group ID equals that of the calling process.
Waits for any child process (the default if no pid is given).
Waits for any child whose process group ID equals the absolute value of pid.
The flags argument may be a logical or of the flag values Process::WNOHANG (do not block if no child available) or Process::WUNTRACED (return stopped children that haven't been reported). Not all flags are available on all platforms, but a flag value of zero will work on all platforms.
Returns nil
if there are no child processes. Not available on all platforms.
May invoke the scheduler hook process_wait.
fork { exit 99 } Process::Status.wait $? pid = fork { sleep 3 } Time.now Process::Status.wait(pid, Process::WNOHANG) Time.now Process::Status.wait(pid, 0) Time.now
This is an EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE.
VALUE rb_process_status_waitv(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE _) { rb_check_arity(argc, 0, 2); rb_pid_t pid = -1; int flags = 0; if (argc >= 1) { pid = NUM2PIDT(argv[0]); } if (argc >= 2) { flags = RB_NUM2INT(argv[1]); } return rb_process_status_wait(pid, flags); }Public Instance Methods
stat & num → integer click to toggle source
Logical AND of the bits in stat with num.
fork { exit 0x37 } Process.wait sprintf('%04x', $?.to_i) sprintf('%04x', $? & 0x1e00)
static VALUE pst_bitand(VALUE st1, VALUE st2) { int status = PST2INT(st1) & NUM2INT(st2); return INT2NUM(status); }
stat == other → true or false click to toggle source
Returns true
if the integer value of stat equals other.
static VALUE pst_equal(VALUE st1, VALUE st2) { if (st1 == st2) return Qtrue; return rb_equal(pst_to_i(st1), st2); }
stat >> num → integer click to toggle source
Shift the bits in stat right num places.
fork { exit 99 } Process.wait $?.to_i $? >> 8
static VALUE pst_rshift(VALUE st1, VALUE st2) { int status = PST2INT(st1) >> NUM2INT(st2); return INT2NUM(status); }
coredump? → true or false click to toggle source
Returns true
if stat generated a coredump when it terminated. Not available on all platforms.
static VALUE pst_wcoredump(VALUE st) { #ifdef WCOREDUMP int status = PST2INT(st); if (WCOREDUMP(status)) return Qtrue; else return Qfalse; #else return Qfalse; #endif }
exited? → true or false click to toggle source
Returns true
if stat exited normally (for example using an exit()
call or finishing the program).
static VALUE pst_wifexited(VALUE st) { int status = PST2INT(st); if (WIFEXITED(status)) return Qtrue; else return Qfalse; }
exitstatus → integer or nil click to toggle source
Returns the least significant eight bits of the return code of stat. Only available if exited?
is true
.
fork { } Process.wait $?.exited? $?.exitstatus fork { exit 99 } Process.wait $?.exited? $?.exitstatus
static VALUE pst_wexitstatus(VALUE st) { int status = PST2INT(st); if (WIFEXITED(status)) return INT2NUM(WEXITSTATUS(status)); return Qnil; }
inspect → string click to toggle source
Override the inspection method.
system("false") p $?.inspect
static VALUE pst_inspect(VALUE st) { rb_pid_t pid; int status; VALUE str; pid = pst_pid(st); if (!pid) { return rb_sprintf("#<%s: uninitialized>", rb_class2name(CLASS_OF(st))); } status = PST2INT(st); str = rb_sprintf("#<%s: ", rb_class2name(CLASS_OF(st))); pst_message(str, pid, status); rb_str_cat2(str, ">"); return str; }
pid → integer click to toggle source
Returns the process ID that this status object represents.
fork { exit } Process.wait $?.pid
static VALUE pst_pid_m(VALUE self) { rb_pid_t pid = pst_pid(self); return PIDT2NUM(pid); }
signaled? → true or false click to toggle source
Returns true
if stat terminated because of an uncaught signal.
static VALUE pst_wifsignaled(VALUE st) { int status = PST2INT(st); if (WIFSIGNALED(status)) return Qtrue; else return Qfalse; }
stopped? → true or false click to toggle source
Returns true
if this process is stopped. This is only returned if the corresponding wait call had the Process::WUNTRACED flag set.
static VALUE pst_wifstopped(VALUE st) { int status = PST2INT(st); if (WIFSTOPPED(status)) return Qtrue; else return Qfalse; }
stopsig → integer or nil click to toggle source
Returns the number of the signal that caused stat to stop (or nil
if self is not stopped).
static VALUE pst_wstopsig(VALUE st) { int status = PST2INT(st); if (WIFSTOPPED(status)) return INT2NUM(WSTOPSIG(status)); return Qnil; }
success? → true, false or nil click to toggle source
Returns true
if stat is successful, false
if not. Returns nil
if exited?
is not true
.
static VALUE pst_success_p(VALUE st) { int status = PST2INT(st); if (!WIFEXITED(status)) return Qnil; return WEXITSTATUS(status) == EXIT_SUCCESS ? Qtrue : Qfalse; }
termsig → integer or nil click to toggle source
Returns the number of the signal that caused stat to terminate (or nil
if self was not terminated by an uncaught signal).
static VALUE pst_wtermsig(VALUE st) { int status = PST2INT(st); if (WIFSIGNALED(status)) return INT2NUM(WTERMSIG(status)); return Qnil; }
to_i → integer click to toggle source
Returns the bits in stat as an Integer
. Poking around in these bits is platform dependent.
fork { exit 0xab } Process.wait sprintf('%04x', $?.to_i)
static VALUE pst_to_i(VALUE self) { int status = pst_status(self); return RB_INT2NUM(status); }
to_s → string click to toggle source
Show pid and exit status as a string.
system("false") p $?.to_s
static VALUE pst_to_s(VALUE st) { rb_pid_t pid; int status; VALUE str; pid = pst_pid(st); status = PST2INT(st); str = rb_str_buf_new(0); pst_message(str, pid, status); return str; }
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