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20 /***************************************************************************
21 inpipestream.cpp - C++ streambuffer wrapper
23 begin : Thu Dec 27 2001
24 copyright : (C) 2001 by Intra2net AG
25 ***************************************************************************/
38 #include <boost/foreach.hpp>
39 #include <boost/shared_array.hpp>
41 #include "exception.hxx"
42 #include "stringfunc.hxx"
43 #include "pipestream.hxx"
45 /** @brief runs command and returns it's output as string
46 * @param command the full command with all parameters
47 * @param rescode struct containing the return code, if the program exited normally and so on
48 * @param out Whether to collect \c stdout.
49 * @param err Whether to collect \c stderr; combines with \c out.
50 * @param path Wether to look up the executable in \c $PATH.
51 * @returns the output (stdout) of the called program
53 template <typename CmdT>
54 std::string capture_exec(CmdT command, ExecResult &rescode,
55 const bool out, const bool err,
60 bool exit_set = false;
61 int exit_status_waitpid;
63 // set the results to false until we are sure we have proper values
64 rescode.normal_exit = false;
65 rescode.terminated_by_signal = false;
70 inpipestream ips(command, out, err, path);
72 ips.store_exit_status(&exit_set, &exit_status_waitpid);
77 ips.read(buffer, sizeof(buffer));
78 output.append(buffer, ips.gcount());
82 // exit_status_waitpid only valid after destruction of the inpipestream
86 rescode.normal_exit = WIFEXITED(exit_status_waitpid);
87 if (rescode.normal_exit)
88 rescode.return_code = WEXITSTATUS(exit_status_waitpid);
90 rescode.terminated_by_signal = WIFSIGNALED(exit_status_waitpid);
91 if (rescode.terminated_by_signal)
92 rescode.signal = WTERMSIG(exit_status_waitpid);
95 catch (pipestream_error &e)
97 rescode.error_message = e.what();
103 /** @brief Instantiation of \c capture_exec for STL string arguments.
104 * Caveat emptor: this will cause the backing stream to use \c
105 * popen(3). To avoid shelling out, please refer to one of the
106 * variants that allow passing an argument list.
108 * @param command String specifying the shell expression to be executed.
109 * @param res (Out parameter) Store information about the termination
110 * state in this struct.
112 * @returns Result of \c stdout. Note that due to the use of \c
113 * popen, the correct way to collect stderr output as
114 * well is to use shell redirection inside the expression
117 std::string capture_exec (const std::string &command, ExecResult &res)
118 { return capture_exec<const std::string &>(command, res, true, false, false); }
120 /** @brief Instantiation of \c capture_exec for argument lists. The
121 * pipestream used to run the command will not shell out.
122 * One of \c out or \c err must be set.
124 * @param command List of \c char* specifying the \c argv array of the
125 * command to run. Note that the binary to executed is
126 * assumed to be present at index 0 and that the input
127 * is properly \c NULL terminated.
128 * @param res (Out parameter) Store information about the termination
129 * state in this struct.
130 * @param out Whether to collect \c stdout.
131 * @param err Whether to collect \c stderr; combines with \c out.
132 * @param path Wether to look up the executable in \c $PATH.
134 * @returns Captured output, combined into one string.
136 std::string capture_exec (const char *const *command, ExecResult &res,
137 const bool out, const bool err, const bool path)
138 { return capture_exec<const char *const *>(command, res, out, err, path); }
140 /** @brief Instantiation of \c capture_exec for argument lists. The
141 * pipestream used to run the command will not shell out.
142 * One of \c out or \c err must be set.
144 * @param command String vector specifying the \c argv array of the
145 * command to run. Note that the binary to executed is
146 * assumed to be present at index 0.
147 * @param res (Out parameter) Store information about the termination
148 * state in this struct.
149 * @param out Whether to collect \c stdout.
150 * @param err Whether to collect \c stderr; combines with \c out.
151 * @param path Wether to look up the executable in \c $PATH.
153 * @returns Captured output, combined into one string.
155 std::string capture_exec (const std::vector<std::string> &command, ExecResult &res,
156 const bool out, const bool err, const bool path)
158 return capture_exec<const std::vector<std::string> &>
159 (command, res, out, err, path);
162 #define PIPE_CTOR_FAIL(where) \
164 throw EXCEPTION (pipestream_error, \
165 std::string (where) + ": error " \
166 + I2n::to_string (errno) \
167 + " (" + std::string (strerror (errno)) + ")"); \
170 /** @brief Convert a string vector to a refcounted \c char**
171 * that is \c NULL terminated for use with e. g. \c execve(2).
173 * @param command List of arguments including the binary at index 0.
175 * @returns A \c boost::shared_array of pointers to the
176 * arguments plus a trailing \c NULL. Note that
177 * while the array itself is refcounted, the
178 * pointees are assumed owned by the caller and
179 * *not copyied*. I. e. they lose validity if the
180 * original strings are freed.
182 static boost::shared_array <char *>
183 mk_argv (const std::vector<std::string> &command)
188 ret = new char *[command.size () * sizeof (ret[0]) + 1];
189 } catch (std::bad_alloc &) {
190 return boost::shared_array<char *> ();
194 BOOST_FOREACH(const std::string &arg, command) {
196 * Casting away constness is safe since the data is always
197 * kept alive until after exec().
199 ret [cur++] = const_cast<char *> (arg.c_str ());
204 return boost::shared_array<char *> (ret);
207 /** @brief Helper for redirecting a file descriptor to \c /dev/null.
208 * This will only acquire an fd the first time it is called
209 * or if it is called after unsuccessfully attempting to
212 * @param fd The open file descriptor to operate on.
214 * @returns \c true on success, \c false otherwise (the call to
215 * either \c open(2) or \c dup2(2) failed).
218 redirect_devnull (const int fd)
220 static int nullfd = -1;
223 if (nullfd == -1 && (nullfd = open ("/dev/null", O_RDWR)) == -1) {
228 if (dup2 (nullfd, fd) == -1) {
235 /** @brief Helper aggregating common code for the shell-free ctors.
237 * @param argv Argument list prepared for \c execve(2).
238 * @param out Whether to capture \c stdout.
239 * @param err Whether to capture \c stderr.
241 * @returns A \c FILE* handle for streaming if successful, \c NULL
244 std::pair <pid_t, FILE *>
245 inpipebuf::init_without_shell (const char *const *argv,
248 const bool path) const
250 FILE *pipeobj = NULL;
255 PIPE_CTOR_FAIL("ctor");
259 if (::pipe (pipefd) == -1) {
260 PIPE_CTOR_FAIL("pipe");
264 pid_t childpid = fork ();
267 PIPE_CTOR_FAIL("fork");
274 if (!redirect_devnull (STDOUT_FILENO)) {
275 fprintf(stderr, "redirect_devnull/stdout: %m\n");
276 /* XXX should we bail here? */
278 } else if (dup2 (pipefd[1], STDOUT_FILENO) == -1) {
279 fprintf(stderr, "dup2/stdout: %m\n");
284 if (!redirect_devnull (STDERR_FILENO)) {
285 fprintf(stderr, "redirect_devnull/stderr: %m\n");
286 /* XXX should we bail here? */
288 } else if (dup2 (pipefd[1], STDERR_FILENO) == -1) {
289 fprintf(stderr, "dup2/stderr: %m\n");
297 execvpe (argv [0], const_cast <char *const *>(argv), environ);
299 execve (argv [0], const_cast <char *const *>(argv), NULL);
308 if ((pipeobj = fdopen (pipefd [0], "r")) == NULL) {
309 PIPE_CTOR_FAIL("fdopen");
315 return std::make_pair (childpid, pipeobj);
318 inpipebuf::inpipebuf(const char *const *command,
322 : pipe (NULL) /* brr: shadowing global ident */
327 if (command == NULL || command [0] == NULL) {
328 PIPE_CTOR_FAIL("command");
331 std::pair <pid_t, FILE *> tmp =
332 this->init_without_shell (command, out, err, path);
333 this->pid = tmp.first; /* no std::tie :/ */
334 this->pipe = tmp.second;
336 setg (&buffer, &buffer, &buffer);
339 inpipebuf::inpipebuf(const std::vector<std::string> &command,
343 : pipe (NULL) /* brr: shadowing global ident */
348 if (command.empty ()) {
349 PIPE_CTOR_FAIL("command");
352 const boost::shared_array <char *> argv = mk_argv (command);
354 PIPE_CTOR_FAIL("malloc");
357 std::pair <pid_t, FILE *> tmp =
358 this->init_without_shell (argv.get (), out, err, path);
359 this->pid = tmp.first;
360 this->pipe = tmp.second;
362 setg (&buffer, &buffer, &buffer);
365 inpipebuf::inpipebuf(const std::string& command,
366 const bool _ignored_out,
367 const bool _ignored_err,
368 const bool _ignored_path)
373 pipe = popen (command.c_str(), "r");
375 throw EXCEPTION (pipestream_error, "can't open program or permission denied");
378 setg (&buffer, &buffer, &buffer);
381 inpipebuf::~inpipebuf()
389 status = pclose (pipe);
391 if (exit_status != NULL) {
392 *exit_status = status;
393 if (status_set != NULL) {
402 status = fclose (pipe);
404 if (exit_status != NULL) {
405 *exit_status = status; /* might be overwritten below */
406 if (status_set != NULL) {
413 while (waitpid (this->pid, &status, 0) == -1) {
414 if (errno != EINTR) {
419 if (status != 0 && exit_status != NULL) {
420 *exit_status = status; /* might overwrite pipe status above */
421 if (status_set != NULL) {
431 /** note: exit status only available after destruction */
432 void inpipebuf::store_exit_status(bool *_status_set, int *_exit_status)
434 status_set = _status_set;
435 exit_status = _exit_status;
438 inpipebuf::int_type inpipebuf::underflow()
440 if (gptr() < egptr())
441 return traits_type::to_int_type(*gptr());
443 buffer = fgetc (pipe);
450 setg (&buffer, &buffer, &buffer+sizeof(char));
452 return traits_type::to_int_type(*gptr());
455 outpipebuf::outpipebuf(const std::string& command)
460 pipe = popen (command.c_str(), "w");
462 throw EXCEPTION (pipestream_error, "can't open program or permission denied");
465 outpipebuf::~outpipebuf()
468 int pclose_exit = pclose (pipe);
470 if (exit_status && pclose_exit != -1)
474 *exit_status = pclose_exit;
481 /** note: exit status only available after destruction */
482 void outpipebuf::store_exit_status(bool *_status_set, int *_exit_status)
484 status_set = _status_set;
485 exit_status = _exit_status;
488 outpipebuf::int_type outpipebuf::overflow(int_type c)
492 if (fputc(c,pipe)==EOF)
498 std::streamsize outpipebuf::xsputn(const char* s, std::streamsize num)
500 return fwrite(s,num,1,pipe);