if s6-svstat myserver; then
client_binary
else
send_email_to_admin
faux_client_binary
fi
Please don't do this.
- As Steve would be able to tell you if he had read the documentation
page for s6-svstat (https://skarnet.org/software/s6/s6-svstat.html),
"s6-svstat myserver"'s exit code does
artur.brzozowski said on Tue, 10 Jan 2023 22:23:32 +
>How, if at all, could s6
>help remove this executable ambiguity, the need for checking and
>wrapping? The goal is to always run the program correctly: if
>server is available, connect to it with client binary, if not -
>use the standard one
Thank you, Laurent.
Your message helps clear some misunderstandings I had due to
incomplete knowledge and the state we are in when it comes to
process supervision. It's not easy to know what things
*could/should* look like in a world where a lot of software uses
bad design that sets bad expecation
You have a program that can be started normally or as a service
that accepts connections through a socket. For client
connections, an additional binary is supplied.
The simplest way to make sure that the program launches
regardless of whether there's a server running or not is a
wrapper script th
Hi.
I'm wondering if and how s6 can help with the following
user-oriented problem:
You have a program that can be started normally or as a service
that accepts connections through a socket. For client
connections, an additional binary is supplied.
The simplest way to make sure that the program l
