Sorry for that fast-fire answer. I think I answered the wrong question. I was knee deep in implementing a /etc/init.d script and totally misread the bit about netcat, etc.
Michael On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Michael Lang <[email protected]> wrote: > Why not use Ruby? Specifically the Daemons gem for Ruby. > > Michael > > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 6:53 PM, Keith Rarick <[email protected]> wrote: >> Our shell-script-based automated tests have served us well, but I get >> more and more trouble from different versions of netcat. Also, it's >> harder than it ought to be to produce reliable shell code. I want to >> change to a tool that's more solid. It doesn't have to be any more >> complicated than what we've got, but it should: >> >> - use a more principled language than shell, such as maybe python >> - not depend on external tools like netcat >> - reliably detect a closed socket, and not have to time out >> >> In the past I've searched around a bit for a tool like this but didn't >> find much that was interesting. Right now I'm leaning toward something >> like http://github.com/kr/cubby/blob/master/check.py, along with a >> handful of suitable helper functions to start and stop beanstalkd and >> talk to it. However, I'd love to know if there's already a great, >> simple tool out there that can fill this role. >> >> Is there one? >> >> I also think it would be interesting to have something that works like >> python's doctest module, but for network conversations rather than >> python interpreter conversations. Some day I might make such a tool if >> it doesn't already exist. >> >> On an unrelated note, how do you all feel about C99? >> >> kr >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "beanstalk-talk" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/beanstalk-talk?hl=. >> >> >> > > > > -- > http://codeconnoisseur.org > -- http://codeconnoisseur.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "beanstalk-talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/beanstalk-talk?hl=.
