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1 | package IPC::Open2; |
2 | require 5.000; |
3 | require Exporter; |
4 | use Carp; |
5 | |
6 | @ISA = qw(Exporter); |
7 | @EXPORT = qw(open2); |
8 | |
9 | # &open2: tom christiansen, <tchrist@convex.com> |
10 | # |
11 | # usage: $pid = open2('rdr', 'wtr', 'some cmd and args'); |
12 | # or $pid = open2('rdr', 'wtr', 'some', 'cmd', 'and', 'args'); |
13 | # |
14 | # spawn the given $cmd and connect $rdr for |
15 | # reading and $wtr for writing. return pid |
16 | # of child, or 0 on failure. |
17 | # |
18 | # WARNING: this is dangerous, as you may block forever |
19 | # unless you are very careful. |
20 | # |
21 | # $wtr is left unbuffered. |
22 | # |
23 | # abort program if |
24 | # rdr or wtr are null |
25 | # pipe or fork or exec fails |
26 | |
27 | $fh = 'FHOPEN000'; # package static in case called more than once |
28 | |
29 | sub open2 { |
30 | local($kidpid); |
31 | local($dad_rdr, $dad_wtr, @cmd) = @_; |
32 | |
33 | $dad_rdr ne '' || croak "open2: rdr should not be null"; |
34 | $dad_wtr ne '' || croak "open2: wtr should not be null"; |
35 | |
36 | # force unqualified filehandles into callers' package |
37 | local($package) = caller; |
38 | $dad_rdr =~ s/^[^']+$/$package'$&/; |
39 | $dad_wtr =~ s/^[^']+$/$package'$&/; |
40 | |
41 | local($kid_rdr) = ++$fh; |
42 | local($kid_wtr) = ++$fh; |
43 | |
44 | pipe($dad_rdr, $kid_wtr) || croak "open2: pipe 1 failed: $!"; |
45 | pipe($kid_rdr, $dad_wtr) || croak "open2: pipe 2 failed: $!"; |
46 | |
47 | if (($kidpid = fork) < 0) { |
48 | croak "open2: fork failed: $!"; |
49 | } elsif ($kidpid == 0) { |
50 | close $dad_rdr; close $dad_wtr; |
51 | open(STDIN, "<&$kid_rdr"); |
52 | open(STDOUT, ">&$kid_wtr"); |
53 | warn "execing @cmd\n" if $debug; |
54 | exec @cmd; |
55 | croak "open2: exec of @cmd failed"; |
56 | } |
57 | close $kid_rdr; close $kid_wtr; |
58 | select((select($dad_wtr), $| = 1)[0]); # unbuffer pipe |
59 | $kidpid; |
60 | } |
61 | 1; # so require is happy |
62 | |