# NAME

Proc::Guard - process runner with RAII pattern

# SYNOPSIS

   use Test::TCP qw/empty_port wait_port/;
   use File::Which qw/which/;
   use Proc::Guard;

   my $port = empty_port();
   my $proc = proc_guard(scalar(which('memcached')), '-p', $port);
   wait_port($port);

   # your code here

   # --------------
   # or, use perl code
   my $proc = proc_guard(sub {
       ... # run this code in child process
   });
   ...

# DESCRIPTION

Proc::Guard runs process, and destroys it when the perl script exits.

This is useful for testing code working with server process.

# FUNCTIONS

- proc_guard(@cmdline|\&code)

This is shorthand for:

   Proc::Guard->new(
       command => \@cmdline,
   );

or

   Proc::Guard->new(
       code => \&code,
   );

# METHODS

- my $proc = Proc::Guard->new(%args);

Create and run a process. The process is terminated when the returned object is being DESTROYed.

   - command

       Proc::Guard->new(command => '/path/to/memcached');
       # or
       Proc::Guard->new(command => ['/path/to/memcached', '-p', '11211']);

   The command line.

   - code

       Proc::Guard->new(code => sub { ... });

   'code' or 'command' is required.

   - auto_start

       Proc::Guard->new(auto_start => 0);

   Start child process automatically or not(default: 1).

- pid

Returns process id (or undef if not running).

- start

Starts process.

- stop

Stops process.

# VARIABLES

- $Proc::Guard::EXIT_STATUS

The last exit status code by `$proc->stop`.

# AUTHOR

Tokuhiro Matsuno <tokuhirom AAJKLFJEF GMAIL COM>

# LICENSE

Copyright (C) Tokuhiro Matsuno

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.