[−][src]Macro blocking::blocking
Spawns blocking I/O onto a thread.
Note that blocking!(expr)
is just syntax sugar for
Blocking::spawn(async move { expr }).await
.
Examples
Read a file into a string:
use blocking::blocking; use std::fs; let contents = blocking!(fs::read_to_string("file.txt"))?;
Spawn a process:
use blocking::blocking; use std::process::Command; let out = blocking!(Command::new("dir").output())?;