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checkrunning

Install

npm install checkrunning

Usage

I put this in npm scripts to check if e.g. mongod is running before I start my application. Example package.json:

{
  ...
  "scripts" : {
    "start"      : "npm run checkmongo && npm server/server-that-requires-mongo.js",
    "checkmongo" : "checkrunning mongod",
    "test"       : "checkrunning mysqld && mocha test" // <-- alternately
  }
  ...
}

If mongod (or whatever process) isn't running, it will print a big 'ol message to let you know, then exit(1) so further scripts won't run.

 __________________________
< mongod is not running!!! >
 --------------------------
        \   ^__^
         \  (oo)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
                ||----w |
                ||     ||

Notes

Relies on machine having pgrep installed (most mac & linux machines should)

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Keywords

process, scripting, shell, npm, run, build

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