# &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 package open3; $fh = 'FHOPEN000'; # package static in case called more than once sub main'open3 { local($kidpid); local($dad_wtr, $dad_rdr, $dad_err, @cmd) = @_; local($dup_wtr, $dup_rdr, $dup_err); $dad_wtr || die "open3: wtr should not be null"; $dad_rdr || die "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) || die "open3: pipe 1 (stdin) failed: $!"; } if (!$dup_rdr) { pipe($dad_rdr, $kid_wtr) || die "open3: pipe 2 (stdout) failed: $!"; } if ($dad_err ne $dad_rdr && !$dup_err) { pipe($dad_err, $kid_err) || die "open3: pipe 3 (stderr) failed: $!"; } if (($kidpid = fork) < 0) { die "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; die "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