Module spawn

Spawn child processes

See dbus, evdev, event, file, hwinfo, log, lua, misc, os, spawn, udev, xorg for more information about this type

Methods

run(argv, ignore_output)

Start a child process
run(argv, ignore_output) → ChildProcess
Return type:

ChildProcess

Parameters:

  • argv ([string]) – arguments passed to command

  • ignore_output (bool) – if true, outputs of the child process will be redirected to /dev/null. if this is false, you have to handle the signals to avoid the program’s output from being blocked.

Start a child process

Returns an object representing the child process.