DAdavidw·Jul 24, 2023
https://github.com/saleyn/erlexec is pretty good for handling external processes. The builtins aren't quite there if you have more complex use cases.
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Execute and control OS processes from Erlang/OTP
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| 2013 | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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9 sourceserlexec (or its elixir wrapper) might be worth a try: https://github.com/saleyn/erlexec
In Yanni – An artificial neural network for ErlangYes, I know :-) https://github.com/saleyn/erlexec/graphs/contributors
That whole thing had to have been hugely distracting, though.
In ‘Flash Boys’ Programmer in Goldman Case Prevails Second TimeI hope he can, sooner or later, put these legal battles behind him and return to programming. He's a pretty good Erlang coder: https://github.com/saleyn
This, in particular, is extremely useful for anyone using Erlang to interact with external processes: https://github.com/saleyn/erlexec
In Sergey Aleynikov Sues FBI Agents Who Arrested Him> Some firms on Wall Street use Erlang -- remember Serge Aleynikov case, he is an Erlang programmer.
His erlexec thing is quite useful: https://github.com/saleyn/erlexec - I started contributing to it myself before I realized who he was.
In What can I only do in Erlang?I hope everything ends up well for him. I've been a very appreciative user, and occasional committer to erlexec: https://github.com/saleyn/erlexec
It was kind of a shock when I put 2 and 2 together and realized who the author was, as I'd already been using the code for a while.
In Sergey Aleynikov Loses in Goldman Fight Over FeesFor those that don't know, Serge is a great Erlang and C++ programmer and he contributes to open source (had some pull requests to Erlang itself).
Here is his Github account:
https://github.com/saleyn
You can find his posts on Erlang's mailing list once a while.
Two of his interesting project I am following:
https://github.com/saleyn/erlexec -- a utility to control OS process from Erlang.
https://github.com/saleyn/eixx/ -- Erlang to C++ interface.
In Excerpt from ‘Flash Boys’ about Serge Aleynikov and Goldman SachsYeah, I didn't put two and two together until after reading the Vanity Fair article, but I'd been interacting with Sergey because we're using erlexec in a project:
https://github.com/saleyn/erlexec/commits/master?page=2
Nice, and helpful person.
In Russian programmer fights Goldman Sachs and wins one roundI have some recollection that it was a bunch of Erlang code, from some other article about it.
Edit: Hah, wow... ok, so it's a small world. If I'm not mistaken, this is the same Sergey Aleynikov:
https://github.com/saleyn/erlexec/commits/master
I've been interacting with him quite a bit lately regarding his erlexec code. He strikes me as a nice guy.
Edit2: Looks like he's asking for donations to help fund his defense: http://www.aleynikov.org/
In Did Goldman Overstep in Criminally Charging Its Ex-Programmer?