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1 | /* Open a pipe to read from a program without intermediary sh. | |
2 | Copyright (C) 1992, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc. | |
3 | ||
4 | This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify | |
5 | it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by | |
6 | the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) | |
7 | any later version. | |
8 | ||
9 | This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, | |
10 | but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of | |
11 | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the | |
12 | GNU General Public License for more details. | |
13 | ||
14 | You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License | |
15 | along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, | |
16 | Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */ | |
17 | ||
18 | /* Written by David MacKenzie. */ | |
19 | ||
20 | #if HAVE_CONFIG_H | |
21 | # include <config.h> | |
22 | #endif | |
23 | ||
24 | #include <stdio.h> | |
25 | ||
26 | #if __STDC__ | |
27 | #include <stdarg.h> | |
28 | #else | |
29 | #include <varargs.h> | |
30 | #endif | |
31 | ||
32 | #if HAVE_UNISTD_H | |
33 | # include <unistd.h> | |
34 | #endif | |
35 | ||
36 | /* Open a pipe to read from a program without intermediary sh. Checks | |
37 | PATH. Sample use: | |
38 | ||
39 | stream = readpipe ("progname", "arg1", "arg2", (char *) 0); | |
40 | ||
41 | Return 0 on error. */ | |
42 | ||
43 | #if __STDC__ | |
44 | FILE * | |
45 | readpipe (char *progname, ...) | |
46 | #else | |
47 | FILE * | |
48 | readpipe (va_alist) | |
49 | #endif | |
50 | { | |
51 | #if ! __STDC__ | |
52 | char *progname; | |
53 | #endif | |
54 | int fds[2]; | |
55 | va_list ap; | |
56 | char *args[100]; | |
57 | int argno = 0; | |
58 | ||
59 | /* Copy arguments into `args'. */ | |
60 | #if __STDC__ | |
61 | va_start (ap, progname); | |
62 | #else | |
63 | va_start (ap); | |
64 | progname = va_arg (ap, char *); | |
65 | #endif | |
66 | args[argno++] = progname; | |
67 | while ((args[argno++] = va_arg (ap, char *)) != NULL) | |
68 | ; | |
69 | va_end (ap); | |
70 | ||
71 | if (pipe (fds) == -1) | |
72 | return 0; | |
73 | ||
74 | switch (fork ()) | |
75 | { | |
76 | case 0: /* Child. Write to pipe. */ | |
77 | close (fds[0]); /* Not needed. */ | |
78 | if (fds[1] != 1) /* Redirect 1 (stdout) only if needed. */ | |
79 | { | |
80 | close (1); /* We don't want the old stdout. */ | |
81 | if (dup (fds[1]) == 0)/* Maybe stdin was closed. */ | |
82 | { | |
83 | dup (fds[1]); /* Guaranteed to dup to 1 (stdout). */ | |
84 | close (0); | |
85 | } | |
86 | close (fds[1]); /* No longer needed. */ | |
87 | } | |
88 | execvp (args[0], args); | |
89 | _exit (2); /* 2 for `cmp'. */ | |
90 | case -1: /* Error. */ | |
91 | return 0; | |
92 | default: /* Parent. Read from pipe. */ | |
93 | close (fds[1]); /* Not needed. */ | |
94 | return fdopen (fds[0], "r"); | |
95 | } | |
96 | } |