In *nix you can set a signal handler to be notified when a child process completes. But the restrictions on what can be done inside a signal handler are such that maybe executing a callback from inside one isn't a good idea anyway.
On Mar 8, 2010, at 12:22 AM, Lars Tandle Kyllingstad wrote: > I don't know any way of doing this besides spawning a separate thread that a) > starts the process, b) waits for it to complete, and c) calls the callback > function/delegate. > > Is this what you had in mind? > > -Lars > > > Sean Kelly wrote: >> I'm not sure if this is supported in Windows, but if so, it might be nice if >> I could set a callback that would be executed when the process completes. >> On Mar 3, 2010, at 9:44 AM, Lars Tandle Kyllingstad wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Recently, I found myself in need of the functionality that is (or should >>> have been) in std.process, but unfortunately I found it lacking in many >>> respects. Assuming that improving it currently isn't at the top of the >>> to-do list for Phobos, I decided not to wait, and rather to write my own >>> version. If you want you can check it out here: >>> >>> Code: http://github.com/kyllingstad/ltk/blob/master/ltk/process.d >>> Docs: http://kyllingen.net/code/ltk/doc/process.html >>> >>> I don't know if any of it is usable for Phobos, but if it is, I'd be happy >>> to contribute. >>> >>> I've tried to write it in the style of std.concurrency, with a function >>> spawnProcess() that returns a Pid struct. Currently it is for POSIX only, >>> since I have no experience at all with the Windows API. >>> >>> -Lars >>> _______________________________________________ >>> phobos mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.puremagic.com/mailman/listinfo/phobos >> _______________________________________________ >> phobos mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.puremagic.com/mailman/listinfo/phobos > > > -- > Lars Tandle Kyllingstad > @: [email protected] > #: 40233221 > w: http://www.kyllingen.net > _______________________________________________ > phobos mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.puremagic.com/mailman/listinfo/phobos _______________________________________________ phobos mailing list [email protected] http://lists.puremagic.com/mailman/listinfo/phobos
