README.md

Fork-Pool

Installation

npm install fork-pool

Basic Use

// Parent process
var Pool    = new pool(__dirname + '/child.js', null, null, {});
Pool.enqueue('hello', function (err, obj) {
    console.dir(obj);   // FTW!
});

// Child process
process.on('message', function (message) {
    process.send('world');
});

Parameters

• path: Child process path (generally, you will want to prefix with "__dirname")
• args: Child process arguments
• options: Child process options
• settings: Pool settings
  • name (Optional, Defaults to "fork-pool")
  • size (Optional, Defaults to # of CPUs)
  • log (Optional, Defaults to false)
  • timeout (Optional, Defaults to 30000ms)

Testing

npm test