forks

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Time-based duplicate suppression for forking processes.

Inspired by @kr.

Docs here.

Documentation

Overview

Example

package main

import (
	"log"
	"time"

	"blake.io/forks"
)

func main() {
	if forks.Child() {
		doBackgroundWorkDetached()
	} else {
		log.Fatal(forks.Maybe("", 24*time.Hour))
	}
}

func doBackgroundWorkDetached() {
	// do some work
}

Index

• func Child() bool
• func Maybe(name string, d time.Duration) (forked bool, err error)

Examples

• Package

Functions

func Child

func Child() bool

func Maybe

func Maybe(name string, d time.Duration) (forked bool, err error)

Maybe forks the current process if no other run of the binary, in the same install location, has been run in the last duration d.

If d is negative or zero, the touch file is touched and process is forked immediately.

It is an error to call Maybe from a child process forked by Maybe.

It returns an error if any.