aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/gnu/libexec/uucp/libunix/epopen.c
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/libexec/uucp/libunix/epopen.c')
-rw-r--r--gnu/libexec/uucp/libunix/epopen.c85
1 files changed, 85 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/libexec/uucp/libunix/epopen.c b/gnu/libexec/uucp/libunix/epopen.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dec1b3999d64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/libexec/uucp/libunix/epopen.c
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/* epopen.c
+ A version of popen that goes through ixsspawn.
+
+ Copyright (C) 1992 Ian Lance Taylor
+
+ This file is part of the Taylor UUCP package.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+ The author of the program may be contacted at ian@airs.com or
+ c/o Infinity Development Systems, P.O. Box 520, Waltham, MA 02254.
+ */
+
+#include "uucp.h"
+
+#include "sysdep.h"
+
+#include <errno.h>
+
+/* A version of popen that goes through ixsspawn. This actually takes
+ an array of arguments rather than a string, and takes a boolean
+ read/write value rather than a string. It sets *pipid to the
+ process ID of the child. */
+
+FILE *
+espopen (pazargs, frd, pipid)
+ const char **pazargs;
+ boolean frd;
+ pid_t *pipid;
+{
+ int aidescs[3];
+ pid_t ipid;
+ FILE *eret;
+
+ if (frd)
+ {
+ aidescs[0] = SPAWN_NULL;
+ aidescs[1] = SPAWN_READ_PIPE;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ aidescs[0] = SPAWN_WRITE_PIPE;
+ aidescs[1] = SPAWN_NULL;
+ }
+ aidescs[2] = SPAWN_NULL;
+
+ ipid = ixsspawn (pazargs, aidescs, FALSE, FALSE,
+ (const char *) NULL, FALSE, TRUE,
+ (const char *) NULL, (const char *) NULL,
+ (const char *) NULL);
+ if (ipid < 0)
+ return NULL;
+
+ if (frd)
+ eret = fdopen (aidescs[1], (char *) "r");
+ else
+ eret = fdopen (aidescs[0], (char *) "w");
+ if (eret == NULL)
+ {
+ int ierr;
+
+ ierr = errno;
+ (void) close (frd ? aidescs[1] : aidescs[0]);
+ (void) kill (ipid, SIGKILL);
+ (void) ixswait ((unsigned long) ipid, (const char *) NULL);
+ errno = ierr;
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ *pipid = ipid;
+
+ return eret;
+}