Ocamlnet 3 Reference Manual : Shell_uq

# Module Shell_uq

    module Shell_uq: sig .. end

Run shell commands within Unixqueues

This module is not thread-safe. See the module `Shell_sys` for more information.
Signal handlers: It is important to have a number of signal handlers installed for proper function of the engines. It is recommended to call the pair of functions `Shell_sys.configure_job_handlers` and `Shell_sys.install_job_handlers` for this purpose. This is not done automatically.

Note that this has a global side effect on the whole process, because there is only one set of signal handlers.

# Engines

    class type ['t] job_handler_engine_type = object .. end

This type of engine also returns the `job` and the `job_instance`.

    class call_engine : ?ignore_error_code:bool -> ?mode:Shell_sys.group_mode -> ?stdin:Shell.producer -> ?stdout:Shell.consumer -> ?stderr:Shell.consumer -> Shell_sys.command list -> Unixqueue.event_system -> [Shell_sys.job_status] job_handler_engine_type

This engine corresponds to `Shell.call`.

# Examples

All examples presented for the `Shell` module can be easily rewritten for `Shell_uq`. For example, to call "ls" and collect the result in a buffer, use this piece of code:

     let ues = Unixqueue.create_unix_event_system();;
     let b = Buffer.create 10;;
     let e = new call_engine ~stdout:(Shell.to_buffer b) [ Shell.command "ls" ];;
     Unixqueue.run ues;;
     let r = Buffer.contents b;;

This means, one simply creates a `call_engine` instead of invoking `Shell.call`, and then runs the queue. Note that you must look at `e#state` to find out whether the engine `e` produced an error, no exception is raised in this case.

It is allowed (and somehow the purpose of this module) to create several job engines, and let them run in parallel.