Start, stop, restart spork rake task

spork.rake

namespace :spork do
 desc "start spork in background"
 task :start do
   sh %{spork &}
 end

 desc "stop spork"
 task :stop do
   Process.kill(:TERM, `ps -ef | grep spork | grep -v grep | awk '{ print $2 }'`.to_i)
 end

 desc "restart spork"
 task :restart => [:stop, :start]
end

agreed your script is more reliable. I switched to guard but if I have a chance, I'm gonna try. Thanks!