threads attempt

views/routine_list.nim

@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ EZ-Bkup is released under the General Public License 3.0.
 See COPYING or <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/> for details.]#
 
 import owlkettle
-import std/osproc
+import std/osproc, std/os
+#import asynctools
+#import threadpool
 import edit_routine_dialog
 import "../models/routine", "../shared"
 
@@ -12,9 +14,19 @@ viewable RoutineList:
   ## Displays a list of routines
   routineModel: RoutineModel ## Model of all routines
   runStatus: string
+  rsyncRun: tuple[output: string, exitCode: int]
 
   proc changed(state: bool)
 
+var thread: Thread[RoutineListState]
+#var rsyncRun: tuple[output: string, exitCode: int]
+
+proc rsyncThread(list: RoutineListState, rsyncCommand: string) {.thread.} =
+  while true:
+    list.rsyncRun = execCmdEx(rsyncCommand)
+    list.redrawFromThread()
+    sleep(1000)
+
 method view(list: RoutineListState): Widget {.locks: "unknown".} =
   result = gui:    
     ScrolledWindow:   
@@ -138,7 +150,7 @@ method view(list: RoutineListState): Widget {.locks: "unknown".} =
                   useMarkup = true         
               proc clicked() =
                 list.runStatus = "<span color=\"#FFE97B\" size=\"large\">Running Bkup...</span>"
-                var rsyncRun: tuple[output: string, exitCode: int]
+                #var rsyncRun: tuple[output: string, exitCode: int]
                 var rsyncErrors: seq[string]
                 var routineRunCount = 0
                 for routine in list.routineModel.routineSeq():
@@ -151,18 +163,29 @@ method view(list: RoutineListState): Widget {.locks: "unknown".} =
                         for destination in routine.destinations:
                           list.runStatus = "<span color=\"#FFE97B\" size=\"large\">Bkup " & source & " to " & destination & "...</span>"
                           #try without requiring superuser privs by default.
-                          rsyncRun = execCmdEx("rsync -aq " & source & " " & destination)
-                          if rsyncRun.exitCode != 0:
+                          #rsyncRun = execCmdEx("rsync -aq " & source & " " & destination)
+                          let rsyncRunCmd = "rsync -aq " & source & " " & destination
+                          #let rsyncThreadProcCall = rsyncThread(rsyncRunCmd)
+                          createThread(thread, rsyncThread(list, rsyncRunCmd), list)
+                          #createThread(thread, rsyncThreadProcCall, list)
+                          #rsyncRun = spawn execCmdEx("rsync -aq " & source & " " & destination)
+                          #sync()
+                          #rsyncRun = await asynctools.execProcess("rsync -aq " & source & " " & destination)
+                          if list.rsyncRun.exitCode != 0:
                             #handle permission denied error.
-                            if rsyncRun.exitCode == 23:
+                            if list.rsyncRun.exitCode == 23:
                               let rsyncRunCmd = "SUDO_ASKPASS=" & getAskPassPath() & " sudo -A rsync -aq " & source & " " & destination
-                              rsyncRun = execCmdEx(rsyncRunCmd)
-                              if rsyncRun.exitCode != 0:
+                              #rsyncRun = execCmdEx(rsyncRunCmd)
+                              #rsyncRun = spawn execCmdEx(rsyncRunCmd)
+                              #sync()
+                              createThread(thread, rsyncThread(rsyncRunCmd), list)
+                              #rsyncRun = await asynctools.execProcess(rsyncRunCmd)
+                              if list.rsyncRun.exitCode != 0:
                                 rsyncErrors.add("EZ-Bkup's rsync process(es) returned error (" & $rsyncRun.output & ") while attempting to back up " & source & " to " & destination)
                             else:
                               rsyncErrors.add("EZ-Bkup's rsync process(es) returned error (" & $rsyncRun.output & ") while attempting to back up " & source & " to " & destination)
                 #makes the "Bkup Complete" msg below wait on the rsyncRun to finish.
-                if rsyncRun.exitCode == 1 or rsyncRun.exitCode == 0:
+                if list.rsyncRun.exitCode == 1 or list.rsyncRun.exitCode == 0:
                   if rsyncErrors.len > 0:
                     list.runStatus = "<span color=\"#ff6b6b\" size=\"large\">Error! Please see the log at ~/.ez-bkup/errors.log</span>"
                     for err in rsyncErrors: