Crate existing_instance 

Library for checking if there is already an instance of your application running, and optionally sending an existing instance a message.

This library deliberately aims to be simple and lightweight, so it only supports a single existing instance.

Structs

Listener

IPC listener to listen to incoming connections

Stream

IPC message stream with a simple protocol

Enums

Endpoint

Communication endpoint between an exsiting and a new instance

Msg

Message between two processes

Functions

establish_endpoint

Connect to an existing instance, or establish self as the existing instance

wait_to_be_new

Try to wait to be the new instance with a configurable timeout and sleep interval between attempts.