Hope that no process completes before fileInProgress is set to two! Race-Conditions...
Am Donnerstag, 14. März 2013 22:05:10 UTC+1 schrieb greelgorke: > > var filesInProgress = 0, > fancyCallback = > allDone = function(){ // boom} > files.forEach( function(filename){ > filesInProgress++ > exec('ls '+filename,function(err, stdout, stderr){ > filesInProgress--; > //do something with it > if(filesInProgress === 0) allDone(); > }) > }) > > no timer needed. > > in fact only fs has sync versions of its functions and i think it's only > for loading files at startup, files like configuration. > > Am Donnerstag, 14. März 2013 21:32:18 UTC+1 schrieb Sebi: >> >> Many functions in NodeJS have a Sync pendant to the non-blocking >> functions. >> Why is there no blocking pendant in the child_process module? >> >> I've giving up as I tried to iterate over a directory and call for every >> file >> child.exec.... >> >> how should my app now, that every process completed his task? >> I'm going to run in trouble, because to use a timer to check that seems >> to be not a powerful resolution. >> >> Think there should be a sync pendant in the core child module.... >> >> Sometimes you're going to the "callback" hell... >> > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.