[Jifty-commit] r6914 - jifty/trunk/lib

[Jifty commits]

Author: alexmv
Date: Wed Apr 29 14:33:43 2009
New Revision: 6914

Modified:
   jifty/trunk/lib/Jifty.pm

Log:
Basic background process support

Modified: jifty/trunk/lib/Jifty.pm
==============================================================================
--- jifty/trunk/lib/Jifty.pm	(original)
+++ jifty/trunk/lib/Jifty.pm	Wed Apr 29 14:33:43 2009
@@ -523,6 +523,27 @@
     return $app_instance_id;
 }
 
+=head2 background SUB
+
+Forks a background process, and ensures that database connections are
+not shared with the parent process.
+
+=cut
+
+sub background {
+    my $class = shift;
+    my $sub = shift;
+    if (my $pid = fork) {
+        return $pid;
+    } else {
+        close STDOUT;
+        close STDIN;
+        Jifty->setup_database_connection();
+        $sub->();
+        exit;
+    }
+}
+
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO