Class: Process::Status
Overview
Status encapsulates the information on the status of a running or terminated system process. The built-in variable $? is either nil or a Status object.
fork { exit 99 }   #=> 26557
Process.wait       #=> 26557
$?.class           #=> Process::Status
$?.to_i            #=> 25344
$? >> 8            #=> 99
$?.stopped?        #=> false
$?.exited?         #=> true
$?.exitstatus      #=> 99Posix systems record information on processes using a 16-bit integer.  The lower bits record the process status (stopped, exited, signaled) and the upper bits possibly contain additional information (for example the program’s return code in the case of exited processes). Pre Ruby 1.8, these bits were exposed directly to the Ruby program. Ruby now encapsulates these in a Status object. To maximize compatibility, however, these objects retain a bit-oriented interface. In the descriptions that follow, when we talk about the integer value of stat, we’re referring to this 16 bit value.
Instance Attribute Summary
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      #coredump?  ⇒ Boolean 
    
    readonly
    Returns trueif stat generated a coredump when it terminated.
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      #exited?  ⇒ Boolean 
    
    readonly
    Returns trueif stat exited normally (for example using anexit()call or finishing the program).
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      #signaled?  ⇒ Boolean 
    
    readonly
    Returns trueif stat terminated because of an uncaught signal.
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      #stopped?  ⇒ Boolean 
    
    readonly
    Returns trueif this process is stopped.
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      #success?  ⇒ Boolean 
    
    readonly
    Returns trueif stat is successful,falseif not.
Instance Method Summary
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      #&(num)  ⇒ Integer 
    
    Logical AND of the bits in stat with num. 
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      #==(other)  ⇒ Boolean 
    
    Returns trueif the integer value of stat equals other.
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      #>>(num)  ⇒ Integer 
    
    Shift the bits in stat right num places. 
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      #exitstatus  ⇒ Integer? 
    
    Returns the least significant eight bits of the return code of stat. 
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      #inspect  ⇒ String 
    
    Override the inspection method. 
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      #pid  ⇒ Integer 
    
    Returns the process ID that this status object represents. 
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      #stopsig  ⇒ Integer? 
    
    Returns the number of the signal that caused stat to stop (or nilif self is not stopped).
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      #termsig  ⇒ Integer? 
    
    Returns the number of the signal that caused stat to terminate (or nilif self was not terminated by an uncaught signal).
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      #to_i  ⇒ Integer 
    
    Returns the bits in stat as an ::Integer.
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      #to_s  ⇒ String 
    
    Show pid and exit status as a string. 
Instance Attribute Details
    #coredump?  ⇒ Boolean  (readonly)  
Returns true if stat generated a coredump when it terminated. Not available on all platforms.
# File 'process.c', line 1041
static VALUE
pst_wcoredump(VALUE st)
{
#ifdef WCOREDUMP
    int status = PST2INT(st);
    if (WCOREDUMP(status))
	return Qtrue;
    else
	return Qfalse;
#else
    return Qfalse;
#endif
}
  
    #exited?  ⇒ Boolean  (readonly)  
Returns true if stat exited normally (for example using an exit() call or finishing the program).
# File 'process.c', line 973
static VALUE
pst_wifexited(VALUE st)
{
    int status = PST2INT(st);
    if (WIFEXITED(status))
	return Qtrue;
    else
	return Qfalse;
}
  
    #signaled?  ⇒ Boolean  (readonly)  
Returns true if stat terminated because of an uncaught signal.
# File 'process.c', line 932
static VALUE
pst_wifsignaled(VALUE st)
{
    int status = PST2INT(st);
    if (WIFSIGNALED(status))
	return Qtrue;
    else
	return Qfalse;
}
  
    #stopped?  ⇒ Boolean  (readonly)  
Returns true if this process is stopped. This is only returned if the corresponding Process#wait call had the WUNTRACED flag set.
# File 'process.c', line 893
static VALUE
pst_wifstopped(VALUE st)
{
    int status = PST2INT(st);
    if (WIFSTOPPED(status))
	return Qtrue;
    else
	return Qfalse;
}
  
    #success?  ⇒ Boolean  (readonly)  
Returns true if stat is successful, false if not. Returns nil if #exited? is not true.
# File 'process.c', line 1022
static VALUE
pst_success_p(VALUE st)
{
    int status = PST2INT(st);
    if (!WIFEXITED(status))
	return Qnil;
    return WEXITSTATUS(status) == EXIT_SUCCESS ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
}
  Instance Method Details
#&(num) ⇒ Integer
# File 'process.c', line 854
static VALUE
pst_bitand(VALUE st1, VALUE st2)
{
    int status = PST2INT(st1) & NUM2INT(st2);
    return INT2NUM(status);
}
  
    #==(other)  ⇒ Boolean   
Returns true if the integer value of stat equals other.
# File 'process.c', line 834
static VALUE
pst_equal(VALUE st1, VALUE st2)
{
    if (st1 == st2) return Qtrue;
    return rb_equal(pst_to_i(st1), st2);
}
  #>>(num) ⇒ Integer
# File 'process.c', line 875
static VALUE
pst_rshift(VALUE st1, VALUE st2)
{
    int status = PST2INT(st1) >> NUM2INT(st2);
    return INT2NUM(status);
}
  #exitstatus ⇒ Integer?
# File 'process.c', line 1003
static VALUE
pst_wexitstatus(VALUE st)
{
    int status = PST2INT(st);
    if (WIFEXITED(status))
	return INT2NUM(WEXITSTATUS(status));
    return Qnil;
}
  #inspect ⇒ String
Override the inspection method.
system("false")
p $?.inspect #=> "#<Process::Status: pid 12861 exit 1>"# File 'process.c', line 806
static VALUE
pst_inspect(VALUE st)
{
    rb_pid_t pid;
    int status;
    VALUE str;
    pid = pst_pid(st);
    if (!pid) {
        return rb_sprintf("#<%s: uninitialized>", rb_class2name(CLASS_OF(st)));
    }
    status = PST2INT(st);
    str = rb_sprintf("#<%s: ", rb_class2name(CLASS_OF(st)));
    pst_message(str, pid, status);
    rb_str_cat2(str, ">");
    return str;
}
  #pid ⇒ Integer
# File 'process.c', line 717
static VALUE
pst_pid_m(VALUE self)
{
    rb_pid_t pid = pst_pid(self);
    return PIDT2NUM(pid);
}
  #stopsig ⇒ Integer?
Returns the number of the signal that caused stat to stop (or nil if self is not stopped).
# File 'process.c', line 913
static VALUE
pst_wstopsig(VALUE st)
{
    int status = PST2INT(st);
    if (WIFSTOPPED(status))
	return INT2NUM(WSTOPSIG(status));
    return Qnil;
}
  #termsig ⇒ Integer?
Returns the number of the signal that caused stat to terminate (or nil if self was not terminated by an uncaught signal).
# File 'process.c', line 953
static VALUE
pst_wtermsig(VALUE st)
{
    int status = PST2INT(st);
    if (WIFSIGNALED(status))
	return INT2NUM(WTERMSIG(status));
    return Qnil;
}
  #to_i ⇒ Integer
# File 'process.c', line 697
static VALUE
pst_to_i(VALUE self)
{
    int status = pst_status(self);
    return RB_INT2NUM(status);
}
  #to_s ⇒ String
Show pid and exit status as a string.
system("false")
p $?.to_s         #=> "pid 12766 exit 1"# File 'process.c', line 779
static VALUE
pst_to_s(VALUE st)
{
    rb_pid_t pid;
    int status;
    VALUE str;
    pid = pst_pid(st);
    status = PST2INT(st);
    str = rb_str_buf_new(0);
    pst_message(str, pid, status);
    return str;
}