buzz

Buzz

A Node.js Command Line Program to Keep Your App Running Indefinitely; Like the Program Forever

It's much simpler than Forever. Approximately 100 lines of JavaScript code. It displays your apps output to STDOUT and also displays any of your apps STDERR output in red.

Why?

I have a command line app that is nasty to debug. It's working fine for the first five minutes or so and then it crashes. Thus, Buzz was born.

But really, it's utility is that it's a much simpler Forever.

The name comes from Buzz Lightyear in the movie Toy Story. His popular phrase was: To infinity and beyond!

Install

Install it via npm:

npm install -g buzz

Usage

Usage: buzz [options] cmd args

Options:

  -h, --help          output usage information
  -V, --version       output the version number
  -t, --time [time]   Kill program after time in (seconds).
  -d, --delay [time]  Restart program after delay in (seconds).

Examples:

  $ buzz -t 3600 your-long-running-script.sh --input-file records.txt

License

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2011-2013 JP Richardson

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