Worker skeleton

worker_skeleton.rb

class TestWorker

  def startup
    # Change process name
    $PROGRAM_NAME = "HL7 - noop working..."
    
    # Create pid file
    File.open("tmp/pids/workers.pid", "a") {|f| f.puts Process.pid }

    # Go daemon and disconnect from STDOUT/STDERR
    Process.daemon(true)

    # Trap signal to stop process gracefully
    @stop = false
    ["TERM", "USR1", "HUP", "USR2"].each do |signal|
      Signal.trap(signal){ @stop = true }
    end
  end

  def work
    startup
    until @stop
      # Do the work
    end
  end

end