/* * Copyright (c) 2003-2009, John Wiegley. All rights reserved. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are * met: * * - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * * - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * * - Neither the name of New Artisans LLC nor the names of its * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from * this software without specific prior written permission. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. */ #include "utils.h" #ifdef HAVE_UNIX_PIPES #include #include #include "fdstream.h" #endif namespace ledger { namespace { /** * @brief Forks a child process so that Ledger may handle running a * pager * * In order for the pager option to work, Ledger has to run the pager * itself, which requires Ledger to fork a new process in order to run * the pager. This function does the necessary fork. After the fork, * two processes exist. One of them is exec'd to create the pager; * the other is still Ledger. * * This function returns only for the process that is still Ledger. * * @param out Pointer to a pointer to the output stream. This The * pointer to the output stream is changed so that the stream is * connected to the stdin of the pager. The caller is responsible for * cleaning this up. * * @param pager_path Path to the pager command. * * @return The file descriptor of the pipe to the pager. The caller * is responsible for cleaning this up. * * @exception std::logic_error Some problem was encountered, such as * failure to create a pipe or failure to fork a child process. */ int do_fork(std::ostream ** os, const path& pager_path) { int pfd[2]; int status = pipe(pfd); if (status == -1) throw std::logic_error("Failed to create pipe"); status = fork(); if (status < 0) { throw std::logic_error("Failed to fork child process"); } else if (status == 0) { // child const char *arg0; // Duplicate pipe's reading end into stdin status = dup2(pfd[0], STDIN_FILENO); if (status == -1) perror("dup2"); // Close unuseful file descriptors: the pipe's writing and reading // ends (the latter is not needed anymore, after the duplication). close(pfd[1]); close(pfd[0]); // Find command name: its the substring starting right of the // rightmost '/' character in the pager pathname. See manpage for // strrchr. path basename(pager_path.leaf()); execlp(pager_path.string().c_str(), basename.string().c_str(), (char *)0); // We should never, ever reach here perror((std::string("execl: ") + pager_path.string()).c_str()); exit(1); } else { // parent close(pfd[0]); *os = new boost::fdostream(pfd[1]); } return pfd[1]; } } void output_stream_t::initialize(const optional& output_file, const optional& pager_path) { if (output_file) os = new ofstream(*output_file); else if (pager_path) pipe_to_pager_fd = do_fork(&os, *pager_path); else os = &std::cout; } void output_stream_t::close() { if (os != &std::cout) { checked_delete(os); os = &std::cout; } if (pipe_to_pager_fd != -1) { ::close(pipe_to_pager_fd); pipe_to_pager_fd = -1; int status; wait(&status); if (! WIFEXITED(status) || WEXITSTATUS(status) != 0) throw std::logic_error("Error in the pager"); } } } // namespace ledger