cudd/util/pipefork.c

/**
  @file

  @ingroup util

  @brief Forks a command and sets up pipes to and from.

  @author Rick L Spickelmier
  @author Richard Rudell

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*/

#include "config.h"
#if HAVE_UNISTD_H == 1
#define _POSIX_SOURCE
#include <unistd.h>
#endif
#include <stdio.h>
#if HAVE_SYS_WAIT_H == 1
#include <sys/wait.h>
#endif

/**
 * @def EXTERN
 * @brief Allows C linkage when compiling as C++.
 */
#ifndef EXTERN
#   ifdef __cplusplus
#	define EXTERN extern "C"
#   else
#	define EXTERN extern
#   endif
#endif


/**
 * @brief Forks a command and sets up pipes to and from.
 *
 * @return 1 for success, with toCommand and fromCommand pointing to
 *   the streams; 0 for failure
 */
int
util_pipefork(
  char * const *argv,	/**< normal argv argument list */
  FILE **toCommand,	/**< pointer to the sending stream */
  FILE **fromCommand,	/**< pointer to the reading stream */
  int *pid /**< process ID */)
{
#if HAVE_SYS_WAIT_H == 1
    int forkpid, waitPid;
    int topipe[2], frompipe[2];
    char buffer[1024];
    int status;

    /* create the PIPES...
     * fildes[0] for reading from command
     * fildes[1] for writing to command
     */
    if (pipe(topipe)) return(0);
    if (pipe(frompipe)) return(0);

    if ((forkpid = fork()) == 0) {
	/* child here, connect the pipes */
	(void) dup2(topipe[0], fileno(stdin));
	(void) dup2(frompipe[1], fileno(stdout));

	(void) close(topipe[0]);
	(void) close(topipe[1]);
	(void) close(frompipe[0]);
	(void) close(frompipe[1]);

	(void) execvp(argv[0], argv);
	(void) sprintf(buffer, "util_pipefork: can not exec %s", argv[0]);
	perror(buffer);
	(void) _exit(1);
    }

    if (pid) {
        *pid = forkpid;
    }

    waitPid = waitpid(-1, &status, WNOHANG);

    /* parent here, use fork() semantics to get return status */
    if (waitPid == forkpid && WIFEXITED(status)) {
	return 0;
    }
    if ((*toCommand = fdopen(topipe[1], "w")) == NULL) {
	return 0;
    }
    if ((*fromCommand = fdopen(frompipe[0], "r")) == NULL) {
	return 0;
    }
    (void) close(topipe[0]);
    (void) close(frompipe[1]);
    return 1;
#else
    (void) argv;        /* to avoid warning */
    (void) toCommand;   /* to avoid warning */
    (void) fromCommand; /* to avoid warning */
    (void) pid;         /* to avoid warning */
    (void) fprintf(stderr, 
	"util_pipefork: not implemented on your operating system\n");
    return 0;
#endif
}