heartbeat_send_signal: Send a signal

In richfitz/heartbeatr: Heartbeat Support using 'Redis'

Description

Sends a signal to a heartbeat process that is using key key

Usage

heartbeat_send_signal(con, key, signal)

Arguments

con	A hiredis object
key	The heartbeat key
signal	A signal to send (e.g. tools::SIGINT or tools::SIGKILL)

Examples

if (redux::redis_available()) {
  rand_str <- function() {
    paste(sample(letters, 20, TRUE), collapse = "")
  }
  # Suppose we have a process that exposes a heartbeat running on
  # this key:
  key <- sprintf("heartbeatr:test:%s", rand_str())

  # We can send it an interrupt over redis using:
  con <- redux::hiredis()
  heartbeatr::heartbeat_send_signal(con, key, tools::SIGINT)
}

richfitz/heartbeatr documentation built on April 17, 2021, 8:54 p.m.