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19 /** \file exec.c helper functions for spawning new processes */
21 #include "close_on_fork.h"
26 * spawn a new process and redirect fd 0, 1, and 2
28 * \param pid will hold the pid of the created process upon return
29 * \param file path of the executable to execute
30 * \param args the argument array for the command
31 * \param fds a pointer to a value-result array
33 * This function uses fork/exec to create a new process. \a fds must be a
34 * pointer to three integers, corresponding to stdin, stdout and stderr
35 * respectively. It specifies how to deal with fd 0, 1, 2 in the child. The
36 * contents of \a fds are interpreted as follows:
38 * - fd[i] < 0: leave fd \a i alone
39 * - fd[i] = 0: dup fd \a i to /dev/null
40 * - fd[i] > 0: create a pipe and dup i to one end of that pipe.
41 * Upon return, fd[i] contains the file descriptor of the pipe.
43 * In any case, all unneeded filedescriptors are closed.
45 * \return Negative on errors, positive on success.
47 * \sa null(4), pipe(2), dup2(2), fork(2), exec(3)
49 int para_exec(pid_t *pid, const char *file, char *const args[], int *fds)
51 int ret, in[2] = {-1, -1}, out[2] = {-1, -1}, err[2] = {-1, -1},
55 if (fds[0] > 0 && pipe(in) < 0)
57 if (fds[1] > 0 && pipe(out) < 0)
59 if (fds[2] > 0 && pipe(err) < 0)
61 if (!fds[0] || !fds[1] || !fds[2]) {
63 null = open("/dev/null", O_RDONLY);
67 if ((*pid = fork()) < 0)
69 if (!(*pid)) { /* child */
70 close_listed_fds(); /* close unneeded fds */
74 if (in[0] != STDIN_FILENO)
75 dup2(in[0], STDIN_FILENO);
77 dup2(null, STDIN_FILENO);
82 if (out[1] != STDOUT_FILENO)
83 dup2(out[1], STDOUT_FILENO);
85 dup2(null, STDOUT_FILENO);
90 if (err[1] != STDERR_FILENO)
91 dup2(err[1], STDERR_FILENO);
93 dup2(null, STDERR_FILENO);
135 * exec the given command
137 * \param pid the same meaning as in para_exec()
138 * \param cmdline holds the command and its arguments, seperated by spaces
139 * \param fds the same meaning as in para_exec()
141 * A wrapper for para_exec() which calls split_args() to seperate
142 * the command line arguments.
144 * \return positive on success, negative on errors
146 int para_exec_cmdline_pid(pid_t *pid, char *cmdline, int *fds)
149 char **argv, *tmp = para_strdup(cmdline);
153 argc = split_args(tmp, &argv, ' ');
154 ret = para_exec(pid, argv[0], argv, fds);
161 * check whether a file exists
163 * \param fn the file name
165 * \return Non-zero iff file exists.
167 int file_exists(const char *fn)
171 return !stat(fn, &statbuf);