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December 10, 2011 18:43
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var http = require('http'); | |
var exec = require("child_process").exec; | |
http.createServer(function (request, response) { | |
console.log('Response being generated..'); | |
response.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'}); | |
call_execs(response); | |
}).listen(8000); | |
function call_execs(response) { | |
// Two var's to store output in. | |
var output_a; | |
var output_b; | |
console.log('Calling blocking code..'); | |
// Call our blocking code | |
exec("ls /home", | |
{ timeout: 10000, maxBuffer: 20000*1024 }, | |
function (error, stdout, stderr) { | |
output_a = stdout; | |
exec_complete(); | |
}); | |
exec("find /home", | |
{ timeout: 10000, maxBuffer: 20000*1024 }, | |
function (error, stdout, stderr) { | |
output_b = stdout; | |
exec_complete(); | |
}); | |
function exec_complete() { | |
console.log('Exec complete!'); | |
// Check to see if both execs were written to. | |
if (output_a !== undefined && output_b !== undefined) { | |
console.log('Both execs complete!'); | |
response.end('Output A: '+ output_a +'\n\n\nOutput B: '+ output_b); | |
} | |
} | |
} |
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just a sketch of how i'd approach the problem: