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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/open2.pl')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 51 deletions
diff --git a/lib/open2.pl b/lib/open2.pl index 7d3b97030b..8cf08c2e8b 100644 --- a/lib/open2.pl +++ b/lib/open2.pl @@ -1,54 +1,12 @@ -# &open2: tom christiansen, <tchrist@convex.com> +# This is a compatibility interface to IPC::Open2. New programs should +# do # -# usage: $pid = &open2('rdr', 'wtr', 'some cmd and args'); -# or $pid = &open2('rdr', 'wtr', 'some', 'cmd', 'and', 'args'); +# use IPC::Open2; # -# spawn the given $cmd and connect $rdr for -# reading and $wtr for writing. return pid -# of child, or 0 on failure. -# -# WARNING: this is dangerous, as you may block forever -# unless you are very careful. -# -# $wtr is left unbuffered. -# -# abort program if -# rdr or wtr are null -# pipe or fork or exec fails - -package open2; -$fh = 'FHOPEN000'; # package static in case called more than once - -sub main'open2 { - local($kidpid); - local($dad_rdr, $dad_wtr, @cmd) = @_; - - $dad_rdr ne '' || die "open2: rdr should not be null"; - $dad_wtr ne '' || die "open2: wtr should not be null"; - - # force unqualified filehandles into callers' package - local($package) = caller; - $dad_rdr =~ s/^([^']+$)/$package'$1/; - $dad_wtr =~ s/^([^']+$)/$package'$1/; - - local($kid_rdr) = ++$fh; - local($kid_wtr) = ++$fh; - - pipe($dad_rdr, $kid_wtr) || die "open2: pipe 1 failed: $!"; - pipe($kid_rdr, $dad_wtr) || die "open2: pipe 2 failed: $!"; +# instead of +# +# require 'open2.pl'; - if (($kidpid = fork) < 0) { - die "open2: fork failed: $!"; - } elsif ($kidpid == 0) { - close $dad_rdr; close $dad_wtr; - open(STDIN, "<&$kid_rdr"); - open(STDOUT, ">&$kid_wtr"); - warn "execing @cmd\n" if $debug; - exec @cmd; - die "open2: exec of @cmd failed"; - } - close $kid_rdr; close $kid_wtr; - select((select($dad_wtr), $| = 1)[0]); # unbuffer pipe - $kidpid; -} -1; # so require is happy +package main; +use IPC::Open2 'open2'; +1 |