# NAME

Proc::Guard - process runner with RAII pattern

# SYNOPSIS

    use Test::TCP qw/empty_port wait_port/;
    use File::Which qw/which/;
    use Proc::Guard;

    my $port = empty_port();
    my $proc = proc_guard(which('memcached'), '-p', $port);
    wait_port($port);

    # your code here

# DESCRIPTION

Proc::Guard runs process, and destroys it when the perl script exits.

This is useful for testing code working with server process.

# FUNCTIONS

- proc_guard(@cmdline)

This is shorthand for:

    Proc::Guard->new(
        command => \@cmdline,
    );

# METHODS

- my $proc = Proc::Guard->new(%args);

Create and run a process. The process is terminated when the returned object is being DESTROYed.

    - command

        Proc::Guard->new(command => '/path/to/memcached');
        # or
        Proc::Guard->new(command => ['/path/to/memcached', '-p', '11211']);

    The command line.

    - auto_start

        Proc::Guard->new(auto_start => 0);

    Start child process automatically or not(default: 1).

- pid

Returns process id (or undef if not running).

- start

Starts process.

- stop

Stops process.

# AUTHOR

Tokuhiro Matsuno <tokuhirom AAJKLFJEF GMAIL COM>

# LICENSE

Copyright (C) Tokuhiro Matsuno

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.