https://github.com/andrenth/ruby-watchcat

A Ruby extension for the development of watchcatd-aware applications.
https://github.com/andrenth/ruby-watchcat

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A Ruby extension for the development of watchcatd-aware applications.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/andrenth/ruby-watchcat
• Owner: andrenth
• Created: 2009-01-16T15:57:32.000Z (about 16 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2010-04-21T21:50:02.000Z (almost 15 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-04-12T07:00:04.434Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Language: Ruby
• Homepage: http://oss.digirati.com.br/ruby-watchcat/
• Size: 117 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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== Introduction

Ruby/Watchcat allows the development of watchcatd-aware applications in

Ruby.

Watchcatd is a watchdog-like daemon in the sense that it takes actions

in situations where a machine is under heavy load and/or unresponsive.

However, watchcatd isn't as drastic as the usual watchdog systems, which

generally reboot the machine. Instead, all it does is sending a signal to

a registered process (which by default is SIGKILL) if the process doesn't

send it a heartbeat before a user-specified timeout.

Ruby/Watchcatd allows a Ruby application to register itself with watchcatd.

== Requirements

Ruby/Watchcatd was tested with Ruby versions >= 1.8.4 and requires watchcatd

version 1.1 and libwcat version 1.0 to be installed (see References below).

For FreeBSD support, you need at least watchcatd 1.2 (and libwcat 1.1 if you

are using the C extension).

== Installation

The easiest way to install Ruby/Watchcat is to use rubygems:

* For the C extension:

 gem install ruby-watchcat

* For the pure-Ruby version:

 gem install ruby-watchcat-pure

The C extension requires you to have the libwcat development package

installed.

== License

Copyright (c) 2006, 2007, 2008 Andre Nathan 

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any

purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above

copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES

WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF

MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR

ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES

WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN

ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF

OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

== Author

Ruby/Watchcat was developed by Andre Nathan.

== References

* Ruby/Watchcat homepage:

  http://oss.digirati.com.br/ruby-watchcat/

* Rubyforge project home:

  http://www.rubyforge.org/projects/watchcat

* Watchcatd and libwcat:

  http://oss.digirati.com.br/watchcatd/