Class pinnacle.process.Child

The result of spawning a command.

Fields

pid

pid: integer

The pid of the spawned command.

stdin nullable

stdin?: pinnacle.process.ChildStdin

This process's standard input, if any.

This will only exist if pipe_stdin was set on the Command before spawning.

stdout nullable

stdout?: pinnacle.process.ChildStdout

This process's standard output, if any.

This will only exist if pipe_stdout was set on the Command before spawning.

stderr nullable

stderr?: pinnacle.process.ChildStderr

This process's standard error, if any.

This will only exist if pipe_stderr was set on the Command before spawning.

Functions

method wait

function pinnacle.process.Child:wait()
    -> { exit_code?: integer, exit_msg?: string }

Waits for this child process to exit.

This will block the calling thread.

Returns

1. { exit_code?: integer, exit_msg?: string } - The exit status of the process.

method on_line_stdout

function pinnacle.process.Child:on_line_stdout(on_line: fun(line: string))
    -> self: self

Runs a function with every line of the child process's standard output.

Parameters

on_line: fun(line: string)

Returns

1. self: self - This child for chaining

method on_line_stderr

function pinnacle.process.Child:on_line_stderr(on_line: fun(line: string))
    -> self: self

Runs a function with every line of the child process's standard error.

Parameters

on_line: fun(line: string)

Returns

1. self: self - This child for chaining