From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2007-08-09T20:52:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Subprocess or Thread

2007/7/5, Michael Dichtl <mdi@meta-1.com>:
> i've a method in ruby with is running for long time (hast to watch for
> events)

Can you show some code or give more detailed explanation what "watch
for events" really means?

> I've tried to do it in an Thread, but it doesn't work.
>
> How can I do a block of code in an subprocess?

It's as simple as this:

puts $$
fork do
  puts $$
end

$ ruby -e 'puts $$;fork do puts $$ end'
2512
2632

Whether you actually need another process depends on what you do.

Kind regards

robert