synchronize-cli
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Synchronize CLI
Concurrency tools in your CLI.
Synchronize lets you chain long-running tasks together so you can do less babysitting and take longer coffee breaks.
How to use
Synchronize comes with two tools: syn
and ack
. syn
sends the "synchronize" signal, and ack
waits for the "synchronize" signal before exiting. You can use these two tools to run and synchronize tasks that depend on this signal by using &&
. For example,
On window 1 you have this running:
$ ./do-something.sh && syn something-cool
And on window 2 you have this running:
$ ack something-cool && ./toggle-light.sh
The ./do-something.sh
might take a while to finish, so we use syn
to signal when it's done. Then we use ack
to wait until it gets the signal, and then run whatever needs to be run afterward. Since ack
doesn't exit until it gets the signal, the ./toggle-light.sh
won't execute until ack
receives a syn
. Makes sense?
Limitations
Synchronize only works on the current host, not between two different computers. Sucks, I know. Maybe in the future it'll support networked sockets for synchronization. File a bug if you really want it.