Talk:Pow exec
From PlainOldWebserver
I think this is correct:
Its running directory is the OS root ("~/" or "$HOME" in Unix).
I run a webcam with POW, and everything works, but...
I use a program called webcam, which writes a jpg image into my htdocs folder, every 3 seconds. So far so good.
The Problem is, i have to start this Program manually, because when i exec it in startup.sjs, it will not be killed at shutdown of POW.
My Idea would be to have an alternative to exec (e.g. run), which also starts a script, but kills it when POW shuts down.
You can listen for the browser unload, and exec the kill when it happens.
nsIProcess is not hard to use. See http://www.xulplanet.com/references/xpcomref/ifaces/nsIProcess.html for PID and kill details.
