Restarts work properly now

src/exec.rs

@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ impl CancelableProcess {
 
     pub fn check(&mut self) -> Result<Option<i32>, CommandError> {
         Ok(match self.handle {
+            // TODO(jwall): This appears to block the thread despite the documenation. Figure out if this is fixable or not.
             Some(ref mut h) => match h.try_wait()? {
                 Some(status) => Some(status.code().unwrap_or(0)),
                 None => Some(h.wait()?.code().unwrap_or(0)),
@@ -115,8 +116,9 @@ impl CancelableProcess {
 
     pub fn cancel(&mut self) -> Result<(), CommandError> {
         if let Some(ref mut h) = self.handle {
-            h.kill()?;
+            let _ = h.kill();
         }
+
         self.exec = None;
         self.handle = None;
         Ok(())

src/file.rs

@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
 //  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 //  limitations under the License.
 use std::path::Path;
-use std::sync::mpsc::channel;
-use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+use std::sync::mpsc::{channel, Receiver, Sender};
 use std::thread;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ pub struct FileProcess<'a> {
     env: Option<Vec<String>>,
     files: Vec<&'a str>,
     method: WatchEventType,
-    poll: Duration,
+    poll: Option<Duration>,
 }
 
 impl<'a> FileProcess<'a> {
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ impl<'a> FileProcess<'a> {
         env: Option<Vec<String>>,
         file: Vec<&'a str>,
         method: WatchEventType,
-        poll: Duration,
+        poll: Option<Duration>,
     ) -> FileProcess<'a> {
         FileProcess {
             cmd,
@@ -50,11 +49,11 @@ impl<'a> FileProcess<'a> {
     }
 }
 
-fn spawn_runner_thread(
-    lock: Arc<Mutex<bool>>,
+fn watch_for_change_events(
+    ch: Receiver<()>,
     cmd: String,
     env: Option<Vec<String>>,
-    poll: Duration,
+    poll: Option<Duration>,
 ) {
     let copied_env = env.and_then(|v| {
         Some(
@@ -64,56 +63,48 @@ fn spawn_runner_thread(
                 .collect::<Vec<String>>(),
         )
     });
-    thread::spawn(move || {
     let mut exec = CancelableProcess::new(&cmd, copied_env);
+    println!("Spawning command");
     exec.spawn().expect("Failed to start command");
+    println!("Starting watch loop");
     loop {
         // Wait our requisit number of seconds
-            thread::sleep(poll);
+        if let Some(poll) = poll {
+            thread::sleep(dbg!(poll));
+        }
+        //if let Err(err) = exec.check() {
+        //    println!("Error running command! {}", err);
+        //    println!("Continuing");
+        //};
         // Default to not running the command.
-            if !run_loop_step(lock.clone(), &mut exec) {
-                exec.reset().expect("Failed to start command");
+        if !run_loop_step(&ch, &mut exec) {
+            println!("Failed to start command");
         }
     }
-    });
 }
 
-fn run_loop_step(lock: Arc<Mutex<bool>>, exec: &mut CancelableProcess) -> bool {
-    match lock.lock() {
-        Ok(mut signal) => {
+fn run_loop_step(ch: &Receiver<()>, exec: &mut CancelableProcess) -> bool {
+    let _ = ch.recv().unwrap();
     // We always want to check on our process each iteration of the loop.
-            if let Err(err) = exec.check() {
-                println!("{:?}", err);
-                return false;
-            }
-            if *signal {
     // set signal to false so we won't trigger on the
     // next loop iteration unless we recieved more events.
-                *signal = false;
     // On a true signal we want to start or restart our process.
+    println!("Restarting process");
     if let Err(err) = exec.reset() {
         println!("{:?}", err);
         return false;
     }
-            }
     return true;
-        }
-        Err(err) => {
-            println!("Unexpected error; {}", err);
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 fn wait_for_fs_events(
-    lock: Arc<Mutex<bool>>,
+    ch: Sender<()>,
     method: WatchEventType,
     files: &Vec<&str>,
 ) -> Result<(), CommandError> {
     // Notify requires a channel for communication.
     let (tx, rx) = channel();
     let mut watcher = watcher(tx, Duration::from_secs(1))?;
-    // TODO(jwall): Better error handling.
     for file in files {
         // NOTE(jwall): this is necessary because notify::fsEventWatcher panics
         // if the path doesn't exist. :-(
@@ -128,30 +119,24 @@ fn wait_for_fs_events(
     loop {
         let evt: WatchEventType = match rx.recv() {
             Ok(event) => WatchEventType::from(event),
-            Err(_) => WatchEventType::Error,
+            Err(e) => {
+                println!("Watch Error: {}", e);
+                WatchEventType::Error
+            }
         };
         match evt {
-            WatchEventType::Ignore => {
-                // We ignore this one.
-            }
-            WatchEventType::Error => {
-                // We log this one.
+            WatchEventType::Ignore | WatchEventType::Error => {
+                // We ignore these.
+                //println!("Event: Ignore");
             }
             WatchEventType::Touched => {
                 if method == WatchEventType::Touched {
-                    let mut signal = lock.lock().unwrap();
-                    *signal = true;
-                } else {
-                    println!("Ignoring touched event");
+                    ch.send(()).unwrap();
                 }
             }
-            WatchEventType::Changed => match lock.lock() {
-                Ok(mut signal) => *signal = true,
-                Err(err) => {
-                    println!("Unexpected error; {}", err);
-                    return Ok(());
+            WatchEventType::Changed => {
+                ch.send(()).unwrap();
             }
-            },
         }
     }
 }
@@ -160,13 +145,16 @@ impl<'a> Process for FileProcess<'a> {
     fn run(&mut self) -> Result<(), CommandError> {
         // TODO(jeremy): Is this sufficent or do we want to ignore
         // any events that come in while the command is running?
-        let lock = Arc::new(Mutex::new(false));
-        spawn_runner_thread(
-            lock.clone(),
-            self.cmd.to_string(),
-            self.env.clone(),
-            self.poll,
-        );
-        wait_for_fs_events(lock, self.method.clone(), &self.files)
+        let (tx, rx) = channel();
+        thread::spawn({
+            let cmd = self.cmd.to_string();
+            let env = self.env.clone();
+            let poll = self.poll.clone();
+            move || {
+                watch_for_change_events(rx, cmd, env, poll);
+            }
+        });
+        wait_for_fs_events(tx, self.method.clone(), &self.files)?;
+        Ok(())
     }
 }

src/main.rs

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ extern crate clap;
 extern crate humantime;
 extern crate notify;
 
-use std::{path::PathBuf, process, str::FromStr};
+use std::{process, str::FromStr};
 
 mod error;
 mod events;
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ fn do_flags() -> clap::ArgMatches {
             clap::Command::new("watch")
                 .about("Trigger that fires when a file or directory changes.")
                 .arg(
-                    arg!(-f --file)
-                        .takes_value(true).value_parser(value_parser!(PathBuf)).help("File or directory to watch for changes"),
+                    arg!(-f --file).name("file")
+                        .takes_value(true).help("File or directory to watch for changes"),
                 )
                 .arg(arg!(--touch).name("filetouch").help("Use file or directory timestamps to monitor for changes."))
             .arg(arg!(--poll).value_parser(value_parser!(humantime::Duration)).help("Duration of time between polls")))
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ fn main() {
         }
         maybe_env = Some(env_vec);
     }
+    
     let mut proc: Box<dyn Process> = if let Some(matches) = app.subcommand_matches("watch") {
         let file = match matches.values_of("file") {
             Some(v) => v.collect(),
@@ -85,10 +86,10 @@ fn main() {
         if matches.is_present("filetouch") {
             method = WatchEventType::Touched;
         }
-        let duration = *matches
-            .get_one::<humantime::Duration>("poll")
-            .cloned()
-            .unwrap_or(humantime::Duration::from_str("5s").unwrap());
+        let duration = match matches.get_one::<humantime::Duration>("poll") {
+            Some(d) => Some((*d).into()),
+            None => None,
+        };
         Box::new(FileProcess::new(cmd, maybe_env, file, method, duration))
     } else if let Some(matches) = app.subcommand_matches("timer") {
         // TODO(jwall): This should use cancelable commands.