3 * server.c Set up and handle communications with a server process.
5 * Server Handling copyright 1992-1999 The Free Software Foundation
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48 #include "auto-host.h"
49 #include "gansidecl.h"
54 /* If this particular system's header files define the macro `MAXPATHLEN',
55 we happily take advantage of it; otherwise we use a value which ought
56 to be large enough. */
58 # define MAXPATHLEN 4096
62 # define STDIN_FILENO 0
65 # define STDOUT_FILENO 1
74 #define tSCC static const char
80 STATIC t_pchar def_args[] =
81 { (char *) NULL, (char *) NULL };
86 * Given an FD for an inferior process to use as stdin,
87 * start that process and return a NEW FD that that process
88 * will use for its stdout. Requires the argument vector
89 * for the new process and, optionally, a pointer to a place
90 * to store the child's process id.
93 chain_open (stdin_fd, pp_args, p_child)
98 t_fd_pair stdout_pair;
102 stdout_pair.read_fd = stdout_pair.write_fd = -1;
105 * Create a pipe it will be the child process' stdout,
106 * and the parent will read from it.
108 if (pipe ((int *) &stdout_pair) < 0)
110 if (p_child != (pid_t *) NULL)
111 *p_child = NOPROCESS;
116 * If we did not get an arg list, use the default
118 if (pp_args == (t_pchar *) NULL)
122 * If the arg list does not have a program,
123 * assume the "SHELL" from the environment, or, failing
124 * that, then sh. Set argv[0] to whatever we decided on.
126 if (pz_cmd = *pp_args,
127 (pz_cmd == (char *) NULL) || (*pz_cmd == '\0'))
130 pz_cmd = getenv ("SHELL");
131 if (pz_cmd == (char *) NULL)
136 printf ("START: %s\n", pz_cmd);
140 while (pp_args[++idx] != (char *) NULL)
141 printf (" ARG %2d: %s\n", idx, pp_args[idx]);
146 * Call fork() and see which process we become
151 case NOPROCESS: /* parent - error in call */
152 close (stdout_pair.read_fd);
153 close (stdout_pair.write_fd);
154 if (p_child != (pid_t *) NULL)
155 *p_child = NOPROCESS;
158 default: /* parent - return opposite FD's */
159 if (p_child != (pid_t *) NULL)
162 printf ("for pid %d: stdin from %d, stdout to %d\n"
163 "for parent: read from %d\n",
164 ch_id, stdin_fd, stdout_pair.write_fd, stdout_pair.read_fd);
167 close (stdout_pair.write_fd);
168 return stdout_pair.read_fd;
170 case NULLPROCESS: /* child - continue processing */
175 * Close the pipe end handed back to the parent process
177 close (stdout_pair.read_fd);
180 * Close our current stdin and stdout
182 close (STDIN_FILENO);
183 close (STDOUT_FILENO);
186 * Make the fd passed in the stdin, and the write end of
187 * the new pipe become the stdout.
189 fcntl (stdout_pair.write_fd, F_DUPFD, STDOUT_FILENO);
190 fcntl (stdin_fd, F_DUPFD, STDIN_FILENO);
192 if (*pp_args == (char *) NULL)
195 execvp (pz_cmd, pp_args);
196 fprintf (stderr, "Error %d: Could not execvp( '%s', ... ): %s\n",
197 errno, pz_cmd, xstrerror (errno));
205 * Given a pointer to an argument vector, start a process and
206 * place its stdin and stdout file descriptors into an fd pair
207 * structure. The "write_fd" connects to the inferior process
208 * stdin, and the "read_fd" connects to its stdout. The calling
209 * process should write to "write_fd" and read from "read_fd".
210 * The return value is the process id of the created process.
213 proc2_open (p_pair, pp_args)
219 /* Create a bi-directional pipe. Writes on 0 arrive on 1 and vice
220 versa, so the parent and child processes will read and write to
222 if (pipe ((int *) p_pair) < 0)
225 p_pair->read_fd = chain_open (p_pair->read_fd, pp_args, &ch_id);
226 if (ch_id == NOPROCESS)
227 close (p_pair->write_fd);
236 * Identical to "proc2_open()", except that the "fd"'s are
237 * "fdopen(3)"-ed into file pointers instead.
240 proc2_fopen (pf_pair, pp_args)
245 pid_t ch_id = proc2_open (&fd_pair, pp_args);
247 if (ch_id == NOPROCESS)
250 pf_pair->pf_read = fdopen (fd_pair.read_fd, "r");
251 pf_pair->pf_write = fdopen (fd_pair.write_fd, "w");