use popen() instead of wxExecute(), it works inside wxYield() unlike the latter

[wxWidgets.git] / src / common / process.cpp

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Name:        process.cpp
// Purpose:     Process termination classes
// Author:      Guilhem Lavaux
// Modified by: Vadim Zeitlin to check error codes, added Detach() method
// Created:     24/06/98
// RCS-ID:      $Id$
// Copyright:   (c) Guilhem Lavaux
// Licence:     wxWindows licence
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// ============================================================================
// declarations
// ============================================================================

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// headers
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

#if defined(__GNUG__) && !defined(NO_GCC_PRAGMA)
    #pragma implementation "process.h"
#endif

// For compilers that support precompilation, includes "wx.h".
#include "wx/wxprec.h"

#ifdef __BORLANDC__
    #pragma hdrstop
#endif

#include "wx/process.h"

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// event tables and such
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DEFINE_EVENT_TYPE(wxEVT_END_PROCESS)

IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxProcess, wxEvtHandler)
IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxProcessEvent, wxEvent)

// ============================================================================
// wxProcess implementation
// ============================================================================

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxProcess creation
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

#if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2

wxProcess::wxProcess(wxEvtHandler *parent, bool redirect)
{
    Init(parent, wxID_ANY, redirect ? wxPROCESS_REDIRECT : wxPROCESS_DEFAULT);
}

#endif // WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2

void wxProcess::Init(wxEvtHandler *parent, int id, int flags)
{
    if ( parent )
        SetNextHandler(parent);

    m_id         = id;
    m_redirect   = (flags & wxPROCESS_REDIRECT) != 0;

#if wxUSE_STREAMS
    m_inputStream  = NULL;
    m_errorStream  = NULL;
    m_outputStream = NULL;
#endif // wxUSE_STREAMS
}

/* static */
wxProcess *wxProcess::Open(const wxString& cmd, int flags)
{
    wxASSERT_MSG( !(flags & wxEXEC_SYNC), wxT("wxEXEC_SYNC should not be used." ));
    wxProcess *process = new wxProcess(wxPROCESS_REDIRECT);
    if ( !wxExecute(cmd, flags, process) )
    {
        // couldn't launch the process
        delete process;
        return NULL;
    }

    return process;
}

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxProcess termination
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

wxProcess::~wxProcess()
{
#if wxUSE_STREAMS
    delete m_inputStream;
    delete m_errorStream;
    delete m_outputStream;
#endif // wxUSE_STREAMS
}

void wxProcess::OnTerminate(int pid, int status)
{
    wxProcessEvent event(m_id, pid, status);

    if ( !ProcessEvent(event) )
        delete this;
    //else: the object which processed the event is responsible for deleting
    //      us!
}

void wxProcess::Detach()
{
    SetNextHandler(NULL);
}

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// process IO redirection
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

#if wxUSE_STREAMS

void wxProcess::SetPipeStreams(wxInputStream *inputSstream,
                               wxOutputStream *outputStream,
                               wxInputStream *errorStream)
{
    m_inputStream  = inputSstream;
    m_errorStream  = errorStream;
    m_outputStream = outputStream;
}

bool wxProcess::IsInputOpened() const
{
    return m_inputStream && m_inputStream->GetLastError() != wxSTREAM_EOF;
}

bool wxProcess::IsInputAvailable() const
{
    return m_inputStream && m_inputStream->CanRead();
}

bool wxProcess::IsErrorAvailable() const
{
    return m_errorStream && m_errorStream->CanRead();
}

#endif // wxUSE_STREAMS

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// process killing
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

/* static */
wxKillError wxProcess::Kill(int pid, wxSignal sig, int flags)
{
    wxKillError rc;
    (void)wxKill(pid, sig, &rc, flags);

    return rc;
}

/* static */
bool wxProcess::Exists(int pid)
{
    switch ( Kill(pid, wxSIGNONE) )
    {
        case wxKILL_OK:
        case wxKILL_ACCESS_DENIED:
            return true;

        default:
        case wxKILL_ERROR:
        case wxKILL_BAD_SIGNAL:
            wxFAIL_MSG( _T("unexpected wxProcess::Kill() return code") );
            // fall through

        case wxKILL_NO_PROCESS:
            return false;
    }
}