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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Package Proc::Background Version 1.21 +Package Proc::Background Version 1.30 This is the Proc::Background package. It provides a generic interface to running background processes. Through this interface, users can @@ -10,12 +10,14 @@ methods are provided to users of the Proc::Background package: new: start a new background process. alive: test to see if the process is still alive. - die: reliably try to kill the process. + suspend: pause the process + resume: resume a paused process + terminate: reliably try to kill the process. wait: wait for the process to exit and return the exit status. start_time: return the time that the process started. end_time: return the time when the exit status was retrieved. -A generic function, timed-system, is also included that lets a +A generic function, timed_system, is also included that lets a background process run for a specified amount of time, and if the process did not exit, then the process is killed. |