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Kill child process when parent quits

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Reuiqures: node-ffi

// handle parent death
(function(){
    var FFI = require('node-ffi'),
        current = new FFI.Library(null, {"prctl": ["int32", ["int32", "uint32"]]}),

        //1: PR_SET_PDEATHSIG, 15: SIGTERM
        returned = current.prctl(1,15);

    process.on('SIGTERM',function(){
            //do something interesting
            process.exit(1);
    });
})();