// http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs/browse_thread/thread/f66cd3c960406919 var common = require('../common'); var assert = require('assert'); var http = require('http'), cp = require('child_process'); var filename = require('path').join(common.tmpDir || '/tmp', 'big'); var count = 0; function maybeMakeRequest () { if (++count < 2) return; console.log("making curl request"); cp.exec('curl http://127.0.0.1:' + common.PORT + '/ | shasum', function (err, stdout, stderr) { if (err) throw err; assert.equal('8c206a1a87599f532ce68675536f0b1546900d7a', stdout.slice(0, 40)); console.log("got the correct response"); server.close(); }); } cp.exec('dd if=/dev/zero of=' + filename + ' bs=1024 count=10240', function (err, stdout, stderr) { if (err) throw err; maybeMakeRequest(); }); var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) { res.writeHead(200); // Create the subprocess var cat = cp.spawn('cat', [filename]); // Stream the data through to the response as binary chunks cat.stdout.on('data', function (data) { res.write(data); }); // End the response on exit (and log errors) cat.on('exit', function (code) { if (code !== 0) { console.error('subprocess exited with code ' + code); exit(1); } res.end(); }); }); server.listen(common.PORT, maybeMakeRequest); console.log('Server running at http://localhost:8080');