package IPC::Open3; require 5.000; require Exporter; use Carp; =head1 NAME IPC::Open3, open3 - open a process for reading, writing, and error handling =head1 SYNOPSIS $pid = open3('WTRFH', 'RDRFH', 'ERRFH' 'some cmd and args', 'optarg', ...); =head1 DESCRIPTION Extremely similar to open2(), open3() spawns the given $cmd and connects RDRFH for reading, WTRFH for writing, and ERRFH for errors. If ERRFH is '', or the same as RDRFH, then STDOUT and STDERR of the child are on the same file handle. If WTRFH begins with ">&", then WTRFH will be closed in the parent, and the child will read from it directly. if RDRFH or ERRFH begins with ">&", then the child will send output directly to that file handle. In both cases, there will be a dup(2) instead of a pipe(2) made. All caveats from open2() continue to apply. See L for details. =cut @ISA = qw(Exporter); @EXPORT = qw(open3); # &open3: Marc Horowitz # derived mostly from &open2 by tom christiansen, # # $Id: open3.pl,v 1.1 1993/11/23 06:26:15 marc Exp $ # # usage: $pid = open3('wtr', 'rdr', 'err' 'some cmd and args', 'optarg', ...); # # spawn the given $cmd and connect rdr for # reading, wtr for writing, and err for errors. # if err is '', or the same as rdr, then stdout and # stderr of the child are on the same fh. returns pid # of child, or 0 on failure. # if wtr begins with '>&', then wtr will be closed in the parent, and # the child will read from it directly. if rdr or err begins with # '>&', then the child will send output directly to that fd. In both # cases, there will be a dup() instead of a pipe() made. # WARNING: this is dangerous, as you may block forever # unless you are very careful. # # $wtr is left unbuffered. # # abort program if # rdr or wtr are null # pipe or fork or exec fails $fh = 'FHOPEN000'; # package static in case called more than once sub open3 { local($kidpid); local($dad_wtr, $dad_rdr, $dad_err, @cmd) = @_; local($dup_wtr, $dup_rdr, $dup_err); $dad_wtr || croak "open3: wtr should not be null"; $dad_rdr || croak "open3: rdr should not be null"; $dad_err = $dad_rdr if ($dad_err eq ''); $dup_wtr = ($dad_wtr =~ s/^\>\&//); $dup_rdr = ($dad_rdr =~ s/^\>\&//); $dup_err = ($dad_err =~ s/^\>\&//); # force unqualified filehandles into callers' package local($package) = caller; $dad_wtr =~ s/^[^']+$/$package'$&/; $dad_rdr =~ s/^[^']+$/$package'$&/; $dad_err =~ s/^[^']+$/$package'$&/; local($kid_rdr) = ++$fh; local($kid_wtr) = ++$fh; local($kid_err) = ++$fh; if (!$dup_wtr) { pipe($kid_rdr, $dad_wtr) || croak "open3: pipe 1 (stdin) failed: $!"; } if (!$dup_rdr) { pipe($dad_rdr, $kid_wtr) || croak "open3: pipe 2 (stdout) failed: $!"; } if ($dad_err ne $dad_rdr && !$dup_err) { pipe($dad_err, $kid_err) || croak "open3: pipe 3 (stderr) failed: $!"; } if (($kidpid = fork) < 0) { croak "open2: fork failed: $!"; } elsif ($kidpid == 0) { if ($dup_wtr) { open(STDIN, ">&$dad_wtr") if (fileno(STDIN) != fileno($dad_wtr)); } else { close($dad_wtr); open(STDIN, ">&$kid_rdr"); } if ($dup_rdr) { open(STDOUT, ">&$dad_rdr") if (fileno(STDOUT) != fileno($dad_rdr)); } else { close($dad_rdr); open(STDOUT, ">&$kid_wtr"); } if ($dad_rdr ne $dad_err) { if ($dup_err) { open(STDERR, ">&$dad_err") if (fileno(STDERR) != fileno($dad_err)); } else { close($dad_err); open(STDERR, ">&$kid_err"); } } else { open(STDERR, ">&STDOUT") if (fileno(STDERR) != fileno(STDOUT)); } local($")=(" "); exec @cmd; croak "open2: exec of @cmd failed"; } close $kid_rdr; close $kid_wtr; close $kid_err; if ($dup_wtr) { close($dad_wtr); } select((select($dad_wtr), $| = 1)[0]); # unbuffer pipe $kidpid; } 1; # so require is happy