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// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

// Package exec runs external commands. It wraps os.StartProcess to make it
// easier to remap stdin and stdout, connect I/O with pipes, and do other
// adjustments.
package exec

import (
	"bytes"
	"errors"
	"io"
	"os"
	"path/filepath"
	"runtime"
	"strconv"
	"strings"
	"sync"
	"syscall"
)

// Error records the name of a binary that failed to be executed
// and the reason it failed.
type Error struct {
	Name string
	Err  error
}

func (e *Error) Error() string {
	return "exec: " + strconv.Quote(e.Name) + ": " + e.Err.Error()
}

// Cmd represents an external command being prepared or run.
type Cmd struct {
	// Path is the path of the command to run.
	//
	// This is the only field that must be set to a non-zero
	// value. If Path is relative, it is evaluated relative
	// to Dir.
	Path string

	// Args holds command line arguments, including the command as Args[0].
	// If the Args field is empty or nil, Run uses {Path}.
	//
	// In typical use, both Path and Args are set by calling Command.
	Args []string

	// Env specifies the environment of the process.
	// If Env is nil, Run uses the current process's environment.
	Env []string

	// Dir specifies the working directory of the command.
	// If Dir is the empty string, Run runs the command in the
	// calling process's current directory.
	Dir string

	// Stdin specifies the process's standard input. If Stdin is
	// nil, the process reads from the null device (os.DevNull).
	Stdin io.Reader

	// Stdout and Stderr specify the process's standard output and error.
	//
	// If either is nil, Run connects the corresponding file descriptor
	// to the null device (os.DevNull).
	//
	// If Stdout and Stderr are the same writer, at most one
	// goroutine at a time will call Write.
	Stdout io.Writer
	Stderr io.Writer

	// ExtraFiles specifies additional open files to be inherited by the
	// new process. It does not include standard input, standard output, or
	// standard error. If non-nil, entry i becomes file descriptor 3+i.
	//
	// BUG: on OS X 10.6, child processes may sometimes inherit unwanted fds.
	// http://golang.org/issue/2603
	ExtraFiles []*os.File

	// SysProcAttr holds optional, operating system-specific attributes.
	// Run passes it to os.StartProcess as the os.ProcAttr's Sys field.
	SysProcAttr *syscall.SysProcAttr

	// Process is the underlying process, once started.
	Process *os.Process

	// ProcessState contains information about an exited process,
	// available after a call to Wait or Run.
	ProcessState *os.ProcessState

	lookPathErr     error // LookPath error, if any.
	finished        bool  // when Wait was called
	childFiles      []*os.File
	closeAfterStart []io.Closer
	closeAfterWait  []io.Closer
	goroutine       []func() error
	errch           chan error // one send per goroutine
}

// Command returns the Cmd struct to execute the named program with
// the given arguments.
//
// It sets only the Path and Args in the returned structure.
//
// If name contains no path separators, Command uses LookPath to
// resolve the path to a complete name if possible. Otherwise it uses
// name directly.
//
// The returned Cmd's Args field is constructed from the command name
// followed by the elements of arg, so arg should not include the
// command name itself. For example, Command("echo", "hello")
func Command(name string, arg ...string) *Cmd {
	cmd := &Cmd{
		Path: name,
		Args: append([]string{name}, arg...),
	}
	if filepath.Base(name) == name {
		if lp, err := LookPath(name); err != nil {
			cmd.lookPathErr = err
		} else {
			cmd.Path = lp
		}
	}
	return cmd
}

// interfaceEqual protects against panics from doing equality tests on
// two interfaces with non-comparable underlying types.
func interfaceEqual(a, b interface{}) bool {
	defer func() {
		recover()
	}()
	return a == b
}

func (c *Cmd) envv() []string {
	if c.Env != nil {
		return c.Env
	}
	return os.Environ()
}

func (c *Cmd) argv() []string {
	if len(c.Args) > 0 {
		return c.Args
	}
	return []string{c.Path}
}

func (c *Cmd) stdin() (f *os.File, err error) {
	if c.Stdin == nil {
		f, err = os.Open(os.DevNull)
		if err != nil {
			return
		}
		c.closeAfterStart = append(c.closeAfterStart, f)
		return
	}

	if f, ok := c.Stdin.(*os.File); ok {
		return f, nil
	}

	pr, pw, err := os.Pipe()
	if err != nil {
		return
	}

	c.closeAfterStart = append(c.closeAfterStart, pr)
	c.closeAfterWait = append(c.closeAfterWait, pw)
	c.goroutine = append(c.goroutine, func() error {
		_, err := io.Copy(pw, c.Stdin)
		if err1 := pw.Close(); err == nil {
			err = err1
		}
		return err
	})
	return pr, nil
}

func (c *Cmd) stdout() (f *os.File, err error) {
	return c.writerDescriptor(c.Stdout)
}

func (c *Cmd) stderr() (f *os.File, err error) {
	if c.Stderr != nil && interfaceEqual(c.Stderr, c.Stdout) {
		return c.childFiles[1], nil
	}
	return c.writerDescriptor(c.Stderr)
}

func (c *Cmd) writerDescriptor(w io.Writer) (f *os.File, err error) {
	if w == nil {
		f, err = os.OpenFile(os.DevNull, os.O_WRONLY, 0)
		if err != nil {
			return
		}
		c.closeAfterStart = append(c.closeAfterStart, f)
		return
	}

	if f, ok := w.(*os.File); ok {
		return f, nil
	}

	pr, pw, err := os.Pipe()
	if err != nil {
		return
	}

	c.closeAfterStart = append(c.closeAfterStart, pw)
	c.closeAfterWait = append(c.closeAfterWait, pr)
	c.goroutine = append(c.goroutine, func() error {
		_, err := io.Copy(w, pr)
		return err
	})
	return pw, nil
}

func (c *Cmd) closeDescriptors(closers []io.Closer) {
	for _, fd := range closers {
		fd.Close()
	}
}

// Run starts the specified command and waits for it to complete.
//
// The returned error is nil if the command runs, has no problems
// copying stdin, stdout, and stderr, and exits with a zero exit
// status.
//
// If the command fails to run or doesn't complete successfully, the
// error is of type *ExitError. Other error types may be
// returned for I/O problems.
func (c *Cmd) Run() error {
	if err := c.Start(); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return c.Wait()
}

// lookExtensions finds windows executable by its dir and path.
// It uses LookPath to try appropriate extensions.
// lookExtensions does not search PATH, instead it converts `prog` into `.\prog`.
func lookExtensions(path, dir string) (string, error) {
	if filepath.Base(path) == path {
		path = filepath.Join(".", path)
	}
	if dir == "" {
		return LookPath(path)
	}
	if filepath.VolumeName(path) != "" {
		return LookPath(path)
	}
	if len(path) > 1 && os.IsPathSeparator(path[0]) {
		return LookPath(path)
	}
	dirandpath := filepath.Join(dir, path)
	// We assume that LookPath will only add file extension.
	lp, err := LookPath(dirandpath)
	if err != nil {
		return "", err
	}
	ext := strings.TrimPrefix(lp, dirandpath)
	return path + ext, nil
}

// Start starts the specified command but does not wait for it to complete.
//
// The Wait method will return the exit code and release associated resources
// once the command exits.
func (c *Cmd) Start() error {
	if c.lookPathErr != nil {
		c.closeDescriptors(c.closeAfterStart)
		c.closeDescriptors(c.closeAfterWait)
		return c.lookPathErr
	}
	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
		lp, err := lookExtensions(c.Path, c.Dir)
		if err != nil {
			c.closeDescriptors(c.closeAfterStart)
			c.closeDescriptors(c.closeAfterWait)
			return err
		}
		c.Path = lp
	}
	if c.Process != nil {
		return errors.New("exec: already started")
	}

	type F func(*Cmd) (*os.File, error)
	for _, setupFd := range []F{(*Cmd).stdin, (*Cmd).stdout, (*Cmd).stderr} {
		fd, err := setupFd(c)
		if err != nil {
			c.closeDescriptors(c.closeAfterStart)
			c.closeDescriptors(c.closeAfterWait)
			return err
		}
		c.childFiles = append(c.childFiles, fd)
	}
	c.childFiles = append(c.childFiles, c.ExtraFiles...)

	var err error
	c.Process, err = os.StartProcess(c.Path, c.argv(), &os.ProcAttr{
		Dir:   c.Dir,
		Files: c.childFiles,
		Env:   c.envv(),
		Sys:   c.SysProcAttr,
	})
	if err != nil {
		c.closeDescriptors(c.closeAfterStart)
		c.closeDescriptors(c.closeAfterWait)
		return err
	}

	c.closeDescriptors(c.closeAfterStart)

	c.errch = make(chan error, len(c.goroutine))
	for _, fn := range c.goroutine {
		go func(fn func() error) {
			c.errch <- fn()
		}(fn)
	}

	return nil
}

// An ExitError reports an unsuccessful exit by a command.
type ExitError struct {
	*os.ProcessState
}

func (e *ExitError) Error() string {
	return e.ProcessState.String()
}

// Wait waits for the command to exit.
// It must have been started by Start.
//
// The returned error is nil if the command runs, has no problems
// copying stdin, stdout, and stderr, and exits with a zero exit
// status.
//
// If the command fails to run or doesn't complete successfully, the
// error is of type *ExitError. Other error types may be
// returned for I/O problems.
//
// Wait releases any resources associated with the Cmd.
func (c *Cmd) Wait() error {
	if c.Process == nil {
		return errors.New("exec: not started")
	}
	if c.finished {
		return errors.New("exec: Wait was already called")
	}
	c.finished = true
	state, err := c.Process.Wait()
	c.ProcessState = state

	var copyError error
	for range c.goroutine {
		if err := <-c.errch; err != nil && copyError == nil {
			copyError = err
		}
	}

	c.closeDescriptors(c.closeAfterWait)

	if err != nil {
		return err
	} else if !state.Success() {
		return &ExitError{state}
	}

	return copyError
}

// Output runs the command and returns its standard output.
func (c *Cmd) Output() ([]byte, error) {
	if c.Stdout != nil {
		return nil, errors.New("exec: Stdout already set")
	}
	var b bytes.Buffer
	c.Stdout = &b
	err := c.Run()
	return b.Bytes(), err
}

// CombinedOutput runs the command and returns its combined standard
// output and standard error.
func (c *Cmd) CombinedOutput() ([]byte, error) {
	if c.Stdout != nil {
		return nil, errors.New("exec: Stdout already set")
	}
	if c.Stderr != nil {
		return nil, errors.New("exec: Stderr already set")
	}
	var b bytes.Buffer
	c.Stdout = &b
	c.Stderr = &b
	err := c.Run()
	return b.Bytes(), err
}

// StdinPipe returns a pipe that will be connected to the command's
// standard input when the command starts.
// The pipe will be closed automatically after Wait sees the command exit.
// A caller need only call Close to force the pipe to close sooner.
// For example, if the command being run will not exit until standard input
// is closed, the caller must close the pipe.
func (c *Cmd) StdinPipe() (io.WriteCloser, error) {
	if c.Stdin != nil {
		return nil, errors.New("exec: Stdin already set")
	}
	if c.Process != nil {
		return nil, errors.New("exec: StdinPipe after process started")
	}
	pr, pw, err := os.Pipe()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	c.Stdin = pr
	c.closeAfterStart = append(c.closeAfterStart, pr)
	wc := &closeOnce{File: pw}
	c.closeAfterWait = append(c.closeAfterWait, wc)
	return wc, nil
}

type closeOnce struct {
	*os.File

	once sync.Once
	err  error
}

func (c *closeOnce) Close() error {
	c.once.Do(c.close)
	return c.err
}

func (c *closeOnce) close() {
	c.err = c.File.Close()
}

// StdoutPipe returns a pipe that will be connected to the command's
// standard output when the command starts.
//
// Wait will close the pipe after seeing the command exit, so most callers
// need not close the pipe themselves; however, an implication is that
// it is incorrect to call Wait before all reads from the pipe have completed.
// For the same reason, it is incorrect to call Run when using StdoutPipe.
// See the example for idiomatic usage.
func (c *Cmd) StdoutPipe() (io.ReadCloser, error) {
	if c.Stdout != nil {
		return nil, errors.New("exec: Stdout already set")
	}
	if c.Process != nil {
		return nil, errors.New("exec: StdoutPipe after process started")
	}
	pr, pw, err := os.Pipe()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	c.Stdout = pw
	c.closeAfterStart = append(c.closeAfterStart, pw)
	c.closeAfterWait = append(c.closeAfterWait, pr)
	return pr, nil
}

// StderrPipe returns a pipe that will be connected to the command's
// standard error when the command starts.
//
// Wait will close the pipe after seeing the command exit, so most callers
// need not close the pipe themselves; however, an implication is that
// it is incorrect to call Wait before all reads from the pipe have completed.
// For the same reason, it is incorrect to use Run when using StderrPipe.
// See the StdoutPipe example for idiomatic usage.
func (c *Cmd) StderrPipe() (io.ReadCloser, error) {
	if c.Stderr != nil {
		return nil, errors.New("exec: Stderr already set")
	}
	if c.Process != nil {
		return nil, errors.New("exec: StderrPipe after process started")
	}
	pr, pw, err := os.Pipe()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	c.Stderr = pw
	c.closeAfterStart = append(c.closeAfterStart, pw)
	c.closeAfterWait = append(c.closeAfterWait, pr)
	return pr, nil
}