NetWare updates from Ananth Kesari.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@11875

1 files changed, 64 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/NetWare/nw5.c b/NetWare/nw5.c
index 44bb853802..5dd8927649 100644
--- a/NetWare/nw5.c
+++ b/NetWare/nw5.c
@@ -879,7 +879,70 @@ do_aspawn(void *vreally, void **vmark, void **vsp)
 	// This feature needs to be implemented.
 	// _asm is commented out since it goes into the internal debugger.
 //	_asm {int 3};
-	return(0);
+////	return(0);
+
+
+	// This below code is required for system() call.
+	// Otherwise system() does not work on NetWare.
+	// Ananth, 3 Sept 2001
+
+    dTHX;
+    SV *really = (SV*)vreally;
+    SV **mark = (SV**)vmark;
+    SV **sp = (SV**)vsp;
+    char **argv;
+    char *str;
+    int status;
+    int flag = P_WAIT;
+    int index = 0;
+
+
+    if (sp <= mark)
+	return -1;
+
+	nw_perlshell_items = 0;	// No Shell
+    New(1306, argv, (sp - mark) + nw_perlshell_items + 3, char*);
+
+    if (SvNIOKp(*(mark+1)) && !SvPOKp(*(mark+1))) {
+	++mark;
+	flag = SvIVx(*mark);
+    }
+
+    while (++mark <= sp) {
+	if (*mark && (str = (char *)SvPV_nolen(*mark)))
+	{
+	    argv[index] = str;
+		index++;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		argv[index] = "";
+//		argv[index] = '\0';
+		index++;
+    }
+	}
+    argv[index] = '\0';
+	index++;
+
+    status = nw_spawnvp(flag,
+			   (char*)(really ? SvPV_nolen(really) : argv[0]),
+			   (char**)argv);
+
+
+    if (flag != P_NOWAIT) {
+	if (status < 0) {
+    	    dTHR;
+	    if (ckWARN(WARN_EXEC))
+		Perl_warner(aTHX_ WARN_EXEC, "Can't spawn \"%s\": %s", argv[0], strerror(errno));
+	    status = 255 * 256;
+	}
+	else
+	    status *= 256;
+	PL_statusvalue = status;
+    }
+
+    Safefree(argv);
+    return (status);
 }
 
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