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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 * \return Negative on errors, positive on success.
35 * \sa null(4), pipe(2), dup2(2), fork(2), exec(3)
37 static int para_exec(pid_t
*pid
, const char *file
, char *const args
[], int *fds
)
39 int ret
, in
[2] = {-1, -1}, out
[2] = {-1, -1}, err
[2] = {-1, -1},
43 if (fds
[0] > 0 && pipe(in
) < 0)
45 if (fds
[1] > 0 && pipe(out
) < 0)
47 if (fds
[2] > 0 && pipe(err
) < 0)
49 if (!fds
[0] || !fds
[1] || !fds
[2]) {
51 null
= open("/dev/null", O_RDONLY
);
55 if ((*pid
= fork()) < 0)
57 if (!(*pid
)) { /* child */
58 close_listed_fds(); /* close unneeded fds */
62 if (in
[0] != STDIN_FILENO
)
63 dup2(in
[0], STDIN_FILENO
);
65 dup2(null
, STDIN_FILENO
);
70 if (out
[1] != STDOUT_FILENO
)
71 dup2(out
[1], STDOUT_FILENO
);
73 dup2(null
, STDOUT_FILENO
);
78 if (err
[1] != STDERR_FILENO
)
79 dup2(err
[1], STDERR_FILENO
);
81 dup2(null
, STDERR_FILENO
);
123 * exec the given command
125 * \param pid will hold the pid of the created process upon return
126 * \param cmdline holds the command and its arguments, seperated by spaces
127 * \param fds a pointer to a value-result array
129 * This function uses fork/exec to create a new process. \a fds must be a
130 * pointer to three integers, corresponding to stdin, stdout and stderr
131 * respectively. It specifies how to deal with fd 0, 1, 2 in the child. The
132 * contents of \a fds are interpreted as follows:
134 * - fd[i] < 0: leave fd \a i alone
135 * - fd[i] = 0: dup fd \a i to /dev/null
136 * - fd[i] > 0: create a pipe and dup i to one end of that pipe.
137 * Upon return, fd[i] contains the file descriptor of the pipe.
139 * In any case, all unneeded filedescriptors are closed.
141 * \return positive on success, negative on errors
143 int para_exec_cmdline_pid(pid_t
*pid
, const char *cmdline
, int *fds
)
146 char **argv
, *tmp
= para_strdup(cmdline
);
150 argc
= split_args(tmp
, &argv
, " \t");
151 ret
= para_exec(pid
, argv
[0], argv
, fds
);