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Revision: 3.19
Committed: Fri Feb 28 16:23:47 2020 UTC (4 years, 2 months ago) by greg
Content type: text/plain
Branch: MAIN
CVS Tags: rad5R3
Changes since 3.18: +44 -1 lines
Log Message:
Added more comments about how to use new filtering features

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# Content
1 /* RCSid $Id: rtprocess.h,v 3.18 2020/02/28 05:18:49 greg Exp $ */
2 /*
3 * rtprocess.h
4 * Routines to communicate with separate process via dual pipes
5 *
6 * WARNING: On Windows, there's a system header named <process.h>.
7 */
8 #ifndef _RAD_PROCESS_H_
9 #define _RAD_PROCESS_H_
10
11 #include <errno.h>
12 #include <stdio.h>
13 #if defined(_WIN32) || defined(_WIN64)
14 #include <windows.h> /* DWORD etc. */
15 typedef DWORD RT_PID;
16 #include <process.h> /* getpid() and others */
17 #define getpid _getpid
18 #define execv _execv
19 #define execvp _execvp
20 #else
21 #include <sys/param.h>
22 #include <sys/types.h>
23 typedef pid_t RT_PID;
24 #endif
25
26 #include "paths.h"
27
28 #ifdef __cplusplus
29 extern "C" {
30 #endif
31
32 /* On Windows, a process ID is a DWORD. That might actually be the
33 same thing as an int, but it's better not to assume anything.
34
35 This means that we shouldn't rely on PIDs and file descriptors
36 being the same type, so we have to describe processes with a struct,
37 instead of the original int[3]. For that purpose, we typedef a
38 platform independent RT_PID.
39 */
40
41 /* On Unix, we can set flags and assign descriptors before opening a
42 process, coupling an existing input or output to the new process rather
43 than opening both pipes. If PF_FILT_INP is passed in the flags member of
44 SUBPROC, then the given r stream will be attached to the standard input
45 of the child process, and subsequent reads from that descriptor in the
46 parent get data from the standard output of the child, instead. The
47 returned w descriptor is set to -1, since there is no longer any way
48 to write to the input of the child. The default r descriptor of 0 will
49 compel the child to act as a filter on the standard input of the parent.
50 Whatever r handle you specify, the child will filter its read operations.
51 Note that this should be called before anything has been buffered using r.
52 If PF_FILT_OUT is set in flags, then the given w stream will be
53 attached to the standard output of the child, and subsequent writes
54 to that descriptor in the parent send data to the standard input
55 of the child. The returned r descriptor is set to -1, since
56 there is no output to read from any longer in the child. The
57 default w descriptor of 1 will cause the child to act as a filter
58 on the output of the parent. Make sure to call fflush(stdout) first
59 if any data was buffered. It is illegal to set both PF_FILT_INP and
60 PF_FILT_OUT, as a circular process is guaranteed to hang.
61
62 If you want behavior similar to popen(cmd, "w") (again Unix-only),
63 keeping stdout open in parent, use a duplicate descriptor like so:
64 {
65 SUBPROC rtp = sp_inactive;
66 FILE *fout;
67 fflush(stdout);
68 rtp.w = dup(fileno(stdout));
69 rtp.flags |= PF_FILT_OUT;
70 if (open_process(&rtp, cmd_argv) <= 0) {
71 perror(cmd_argv[0]); exit(1);
72 }
73 fout = fdopen(rtp.w, "w");
74 ...write data to filter using fout until finished...
75 fclose(fout);
76 if (close_process(&rtp)) {
77 perror(cmd_argv[0]); exit(1);
78 }
79 ...can continue sending data directly to stdout...
80 }
81 We could also have called open_process() after fdopen() above, or after
82 using fopen() on a file if we wanted to insert our filter before it.
83 A similar sequence may be used to filter from stdin without closing
84 it, though process termination becomes more difficult with two readers.
85 Filtering input from a file works better, since the file is then read by
86 the child only, as in:
87 {
88 SUBPROC rtp = sp_inactive;
89 FILE *fin = fopen(fname, "r");
90 if (fin == NULL) {
91 open_error(fname); exit(1);
92 }
93 rtp.r = fileno(fin);
94 rtp.flags |= PF_FILT_INP;
95 if (open_process(&rtp, cmd_argv) <= 0) {
96 perror(cmd_argv[0]); fclose(fin); exit(1);
97 }
98 ...read filtered file data from fin until EOF...
99 fclose(fin);
100 if (close_process(&rtp)) {
101 perror(cmd_argv[0]); exit(1);
102 }
103 }
104 */
105
106
107 #ifndef PIPE_BUF
108 #ifdef PIPSIZ
109 #define PIPE_BUF PIPSIZ
110 #else
111 #ifdef PIPE_MAX
112 #define PIPE_BUF PIPE_MAX
113 #else
114 #define PIPE_BUF 512 /* hyperconservative */
115 #endif
116 #endif
117 #endif
118 /* process flags */
119 #define PF_RUNNING 1 /* process is running */
120 #define PF_FILT_INP 2 /* use assigned read descriptor */
121 #define PF_FILT_OUT 4 /* use assigned write descriptor */
122
123 typedef struct {
124 int flags; /* what is being done */
125 int r; /* read handle */
126 int w; /* write handle */
127 RT_PID pid; /* process ID */
128 } SUBPROC;
129
130 #define SP_INACTIVE {0,0,1,-1} /* for static initializations */
131
132 #define close_process(pd) close_processes(pd,1)
133
134 extern int open_process(SUBPROC *pd, char *av[]);
135 extern int close_processes(SUBPROC pd[], int nproc);
136 extern int process(SUBPROC *pd, char *recvbuf, char *sendbuf, int nbr, int nbs);
137 extern int readbuf(int fd, char *bpos, int siz);
138 extern int writebuf(int fd, char *bpos, int siz);
139
140 #if defined(_WIN32) || defined(_WIN64)
141 /* any non-negative increment will send the process to IDLE_PRIORITY_CLASS. */
142 extern int win_kill(RT_PID pid, int sig /* ignored */);
143 extern int win_nice(int inc);
144 #endif
145
146 extern SUBPROC sp_inactive;
147
148 #ifdef __cplusplus
149 }
150 #endif
151 #endif /* _RAD_PROCESS_H_ */
152