1 files changed, 41 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/hero.mjs b/src/hero.mjs
index ed105cd..716921f 100644
--- a/src/hero.mjs
+++ b/src/hero.mjs
@@ -350,14 +350,51 @@ export const makeLineEmitter = fn => {
 	};
 };
 
+export const makeReopeningPipeReader = (shouldReopenPipe, path, {
+	lineFn,
+	logger,
+} = {}, out) => {
+	const reader = fs.createReadStream(path, "UTF-8")
+	out.ref = reader;
+	reader.on("data", makeLineEmitter(lineFn));
+	reader.on("close", () => {
+		if (shouldReopenPipe.ref) {
+			logger.debug({
+				message: "pipe closed, reopening",
+			});
+			makeReopeningPipeReader(
+				shouldReopenPipe,
+				path,
+				{ lineFn, logger },
+				out,
+			);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		logger.debug({
+			message: "pipe closed, NOT reopening",
+		});
+	});
+};
+
 export const makePipeReaderFn = ({
 	lineFn = lineHandler,
+	logger = log,
 } = {}) => path => {
 	mkfifo(path);
-	fs.createReadStream(path, "UTF-8").on("data", makeLineEmitter(lineFn));
-	return () =>
-		new Promise((resolve, reject) =>
-			fs.createWriteStream(path).end().close(resolve));
+	let shouldReopenPipe = { ref: true };
+	const pipe = {};
+	makeReopeningPipeReader(
+		shouldReopenPipe,
+		path,
+		{ lineFn, logger },
+		pipe,
+	);
+	return () => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+		shouldReopenPipe.ref = false;
+		fs.createWriteStream(path).end().close();
+		pipe.ref.on("close", resolve);
+	});
 };
 
 export const makePipeReader = makePipeReaderFn();