Function Namespace System

gpsee.module.ca.page.gpsee
Defined in: gpsee.jsdoc.

Function Namespace Summary
Constructor Attributes	Constructor Name and Description
	System() Interface to systems-level functions.

Field Summary
Field Attributes	Field Name and Description
<inner>	errno Most recent system-level error number
<inner>	loadavg Current load average
<inner>	pgid Parent Group ID
<inner>	pgrp Parent process group
<inner>	pid Current process ID
<inner>	ppid Parent process ID

Method Summary
Method Attributes	Method Name and Description
<inner>	exit(exitCode) Terminate the running JS application, properly closing/releasing/etc resources, including waiting for other Threads to terminate when Thread class is active.
<inner>	fork() Fork the running application.
<inner>	include(thisObj, filename) Load and interpreter a script in the caller's context
<inner>	sleep(sleepTime) Pause execution of the current thread for N seconds.
<inner>	strerror(error) Translate a system error number into a string.
<inner>	system(command) Issue a shell command

Function Namespace Detail

System()

Interface to systems-level functions.
Author: Wes Garland, PageMail, Inc., wes@page.ca.

Field Detail

<inner> errno

Most recent system-level error number

<inner> loadavg

Current load average

<inner> pgid

Parent Group ID

<inner> pgrp

Parent process group

<inner> pid

Current process ID

<inner> ppid

Parent process ID

Method Detail

<inner> exit(exitCode)

Terminate the running JS application, properly closing/releasing/etc resources, including waiting for other Threads to terminate when Thread class is active.

Parameters:
exitCode: Exit value to return to OS.

<inner> fork()

Fork the running application.

Returns:: Child PID when returning as original process, 0 when returning as child.

See:: fork()

<inner> include(thisObj, filename)

Load and interpreter a script in the caller's context

Parameters:
thisObj: (OPTIONAL) JS object to bind as global/this during execution. Optional.
filename: Script filename, either relative or rooted.

<inner> sleep(sleepTime)

Pause execution of the current thread for N seconds.

Parameters:
sleepTime: Amount of time to sleep.

<inner> strerror(error)

Translate a system error number into a string.

Parameters:
error: System-level error number

See:: errno.h

<inner> system(command)

Issue a shell command

Parameters:
command: Command to execute with shell.

See:: system()

Classes

Function Namespace System