noop-process

> Create a noop (no operation) process and get the PID

Useful for testing purposes.

Install

``
$ npm install noop-process
`

Usage

`js
import noopProcess from 'noop-process';

const pid = await noopProcess();

console.log(pid);
//=> 1337
`

API

$3

Creates a noop) process.

Returns a Promise with the process ID of the created process.

#### options

Type: object

##### title

Type: string

Give the process a title to make it easier to see it in ps or kill it with killall.

Maximum 15 characters, as anything longer will be truncated by the system.

##### persistent

Type: boolean\
Default: false

Let the process continue to live after the main process exits.

##### onlyForceKillable

Type: boolean\
Default: false

Make the process only killable with SIGKILL.

$3

All the processes are cleaned up when the main process exits, but you can use this if you need them cleaned up earlier.

`js
import {cleanUpNoopProcesses} from 'noop-process';

cleanUpNoopProcesses();
``