Module launch

Launches tab-daemon and tab-pty processes. The initial launch occurs in the tab-cli, using the currently running executible id. tab exposes a hidden tab --_launch [daemon|pty] argument, which is used here to launch associated services.

Functions

launch_daemon

Launches a new daemon process (if it is not already running), and waits until it is ready for websocket connections.

launch_pty

Launches a new PTY process, which will connect to the running daemon.

wait_for_shutdown

Waits for either a ctrl-c signal, or a message on the given channel.