3 * server.c Set up and handle communications with a server process.
5 * Server Handling copyright 1992-1999 The Free Software Foundation
7 * Server Handling is free software.
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48 #include "auto-host.h"
50 #include "gansidecl.h"
56 /* If this particular system's header files define the macro `MAXPATHLEN',
57 we happily take advantage of it; otherwise we use a value which ought
58 to be large enough. */
60 # define MAXPATHLEN 4096
64 # define STDIN_FILENO 0
67 # define STDOUT_FILENO 1
76 #define tSCC static const char
82 #if !defined(volatile) && !defined(HAVE_VOLATILE)
86 STATIC volatile bool read_pipe_timeout;
88 static t_pchar def_args[] =
89 { (char *) NULL, (char *) NULL };
90 STATIC t_pf_pair server_pair =
91 { (FILE *) NULL, (FILE *) NULL };
92 STATIC pid_t server_id = NULLPROCESS;
94 * Arbitrary text that should not be found in the shell output.
95 * It must be a single line and appear verbatim at the start of
96 * the terminating output line.
98 tSCC z_done[] = "ShElL-OuTpUt-HaS-bEeN-cOmPlEtEd";
99 STATIC t_pchar p_cur_dir = (char *) NULL;
104 * Read data from a file pointer (a pipe to a process in this context)
105 * until we either get EOF or we get a marker line back.
106 * The read data are stored in a malloc-ed string that is truncated
107 * to size at the end. Input is assumed to be an ASCII string.
118 text_size = sizeof (z_line) * 2;
119 pz_scan = pz_text = malloc (text_size);
121 if (pz_text == (char *) NULL)
122 return (char *) NULL;
129 read_pipe_timeout = BOOL_FALSE;
130 if (fgets (z_line, sizeof (z_line), fp) == (char *) NULL)
133 if (strncmp (z_line, z_done, sizeof (z_done) - 1) == 0)
136 strcpy (pz_scan, z_line);
137 pz_scan += strlen (z_line);
138 used_ct = (size_t) (pz_scan - pz_text);
140 if (text_size - used_ct < sizeof (z_line))
142 size_t off = (size_t) (pz_scan - pz_text);
146 p = realloc ((void *) pz_text, text_size);
147 if (p == (void *) NULL)
149 fprintf (stderr, "Failed to get 0x%08lX bytes\n",
151 free ((void *) pz_text);
152 return (char *) NULL;
154 pz_text = (char *) p;
155 pz_scan = pz_text + off;
160 if (read_pipe_timeout)
162 free ((void *) pz_text);
163 return (char *) NULL;
166 while ((pz_scan > pz_text) && isspace (pz_scan[-1]))
169 return realloc ((void *) pz_text, strlen (pz_text) + 1);
176 * Make certain the server process is dead, close the
177 * pipes to it and from it, finally NULL out the file pointers
182 if (server_id != NULLPROCESS)
184 kill ((pid_t) server_id, SIGKILL);
185 server_id = NULLPROCESS;
186 fclose (server_pair.pf_read);
187 fclose (server_pair.pf_write);
188 server_pair.pf_read = server_pair.pf_write = (FILE *) NULL;
193 * sig_handler really only handles the timeout and pipe signals.
194 * This ensures that we do not wait forever on a request
195 * to our server, and also that if the server dies, we do not
196 * die from a sigpipe problem.
203 /* FIXME: this is illegal to do in a signal handler. */
205 "fixincl ERROR: sig_handler: killed pid %ld due to %s\n",
206 (long) server_id, signo == SIGPIPE ? "SIGPIPE" : "SIGALRM");
209 read_pipe_timeout = BOOL_TRUE;
214 * server_setup Establish the signal handler for PIPE and ALARM.
215 * Also establishes the current directory to give to the
216 * server process at the start of every server command.
221 static int atexit_done = 0;
223 if (atexit_done++ == 0)
224 atexit (&close_server);
226 signal (SIGPIPE, sig_handler);
227 signal (SIGALRM, sig_handler);
229 fputs ("trap : 1\n", server_pair.pf_write);
230 fflush (server_pair.pf_write);
231 p_cur_dir = getcwd ((char *) NULL, MAXPATHLEN + 1);
238 * Run a shell command on the server. The command string
239 * passed in is wrapped inside the sequence:
241 * cd <original directory>
244 * echo <end-of-command-marker>
246 * This ensures that all commands start at a known place in
247 * the directory structure, that any incomplete output lines
248 * are completed and that our special marker sequence appears on
249 * a line by itself. We have chosen a marker that is
250 * excessively unlikely to be reproduced in normal output:
252 * "ShElL-OuTpUt-HaS-bEeN-cOmPlEtEd"
258 /* IF the shell server process is not running yet,
259 THEN try to start it. */
260 if (server_id == NULLPROCESS)
262 server_id = proc2_fopen (&server_pair, def_args);
267 /* IF it is still not running, THEN return the nil string. */
270 char *pz = (char *) malloc (1);
272 if (pz != (char *) NULL)
277 /* Make sure the process will pay attention to us, send the
278 supplied command, and then have it output a special marker that
280 fprintf (server_pair.pf_write, "cd %s\n%s\n\necho\necho %s\n",
281 p_cur_dir, pz_cmd, z_done);
282 fflush (server_pair.pf_write);
284 /* IF the server died and we received a SIGPIPE,
285 THEN return an empty string. */
286 if (server_id == NULLPROCESS)
288 char *pz = (char *) malloc (1);
290 if (pz != (char *) NULL)
295 /* Now try to read back all the data. If we fail due to either a
296 sigpipe or sigalrm (timeout), we will return the nil string. */
298 char *pz = load_data (server_pair.pf_read);
300 if (pz == (char *) NULL)
302 fprintf (stderr, "CLOSING SHELL SERVER - command failure:\n\t%s\n",
305 pz = (char *) malloc (1);
306 if (pz != (char *) NULL)