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Run Background Process in Sinatra
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run_long_process_in_background.rb
require 'sinatra'
get '/long_process' do
child_pid = Process.fork do
# hard work is done here...
sleep 10
Process.exit
end
Process.detach child_pid # No zombie process
'Doing hard work in the background...'
end
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