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authorLukas Fleischer <calcurse@cryptocrack.de>2011-07-01 15:25:10 +0200
committerLukas Fleischer <calcurse@cryptocrack.de>2011-07-02 10:15:36 +0200
commit6e2b00096dcf2733b58e82cda3510ed638983a20 (patch)
tree4ec3728aa1b8e63209a6d9a250be48ee8979af79 /src/utils.c
parent003431880edfb0c44ae7b7f8e37d5358fb7b5d8e (diff)
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Add fork_exec() function
Can be used to execute an external program. Provides the possibility to optionally create a pipe to the new process. Signed-off-by: Lukas Fleischer <calcurse@cryptocrack.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'src/utils.c')
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1 files changed, 71 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index 1b91609..61c87a1 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
#include <ctype.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
#include "calcurse.h"
@@ -718,3 +719,73 @@ psleep (unsigned secs)
for (unslept = sleep (secs); unslept; unslept = sleep (unslept))
;
}
+
+/*
+ * Fork and execute an external process.
+ *
+ * If pfdin and/or pfdout point to a valid address, a pipe is created and the
+ * appropriate file descriptors are written to pfdin/pfdout.
+ */
+int
+fork_exec (int *pfdin, int *pfdout, const char *path, char *const *arg)
+{
+ int pin[2], pout[2];
+ int pid;
+
+ if (pfdin && (pipe (pin) == -1))
+ return 0;
+ if (pfdout && (pipe (pout) == -1))
+ return 0;
+
+ if ((pid = fork ()) == 0)
+ {
+ if (pfdout)
+ {
+ if (dup2 (pout[0], STDIN_FILENO) < 0)
+ _exit (127);
+ close (pout[0]);
+ close (pout[1]);
+ }
+
+ if (pfdin)
+ {
+ if (dup2 (pin[1], STDOUT_FILENO) < 0)
+ _exit (127);
+ close (pin[0]);
+ close (pin[1]);
+ }
+
+ execvp (path, arg);
+ _exit (127);
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ if (pfdin)
+ close (pin[1]);
+ if (pfdout)
+ close (pout[0]);
+
+ if (pid > 0)
+ {
+ if (pfdin)
+ {
+ fcntl (pin[0], F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
+ *pfdin = pin[0];
+ }
+ if (pfdout)
+ {
+ fcntl (pout[1], F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
+ *pfdout = pout[1];
+ }
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ if (pfdin)
+ close (pin[0]);
+ if (pfdout)
+ close (pout[1]);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ }
+ return pid;
+}