[api] Allow for forced exit if scripts restart in less than minUptime

examples/always-throw.js

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+throw new Error('Dont spin restart')

lib/forever/monitor.js

@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@ var sys = require('sys'),
 //
 var Monitor = exports.Monitor = function (script, options) {
   events.EventEmitter.call(this);
-
+
+  options         = options || {};
   this.silent     = options.silent || false;
   this.forever    = options.forever || false;
   this.command    = options.command || 'node';
   this.sourceDir  = options.sourceDir;
+  this.minUptime  = options.minUptime || 2000;
   this.options    = options.options || [];
   this.spawnWith  = options.spawnWith || null;
   this.uid        = options.uid || forever.randomString(24);
@@ -126,10 +128,11 @@ Monitor.prototype.start = function (restart) {
   listenTo('stderr');
 
   child.on('exit', function (code) {
+    var spinning = Date.now() - self.ctime < self.minUptime;
     self.error('Forever detected script exited with code: ' + code);
     self.times++;
 
-    if ((self.forever || self.times < self.max) && !self.forceStop) {
+    if ((self.forever || self.times < self.max) && !self.forceStop && !spinning) {
       process.nextTick(function () {
         self.warn('Forever restarting script for ' + self.times + ' time');
         self.start(true);
@@ -143,7 +146,7 @@ Monitor.prototype.start = function (restart) {
       // If had to write to an stderr file, close it
       if (self.stderr) self.stderr.end();
 
-      self.emit('exit', self);
+      self.emit('exit', self, spinning);
     }
   });
 

test/spin-test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * forever-test.js: Tests for forever module
+ *
+ * (C) 2010 and Charlie Robbins
+ * MIT LICENCE
+ *
+ */
+
+require.paths.unshift(require('path').join(__dirname, '..', 'lib'));
+
+var sys = require('sys'),
+    assert = require('assert'),
+    path = require('path'),
+    vows = require('vows'),
+    forever = require('forever');
+
+vows.describe('forever').addBatch({
+  "When using forever": {
+    "and spawning a script that spin restarts": {
+      topic: function () {
+        var script = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'examples', 'always-throw.js'),
+            child = new (forever.Forever)(script, { silent: true });
+
+        child.on('exit', this.callback.bind(null, null));
+        child.start();
+      },
+      "should spawn both processes appropriately": function (err, monitor, spinning) {
+        assert.isTrue(spinning);
+      }
+    }
+  },
+}).export(module);