How can I execute binaries from Ruby threads and remain threaded?

Question

I tried to make a script that would execute several external binaries to perform some tasks. Each binary was executed from a different thread, but the thing is, it didn't work ( because of the implementation of Ruby's threads in 1.8.6 ).

Is there a different way I could do this, or do I have to go with Ruby 1.9 ?

Answer 1

Have you try Ruby Daemons? I have about 15 external application running simultaneously with RoR by implement it. (http://daemons.rubyforge.org/)

Basically, you extract your thread code to another ruby file. say my_external_call.rb. then, create a daemon control

require 'daemons'

Daemons.run('my_external_call.rb')

execute it by 'ruby control.rb start | stop | status'