1
2/*
3 * server.c Set up and handle communications with a server process.
4 *
5 * Server Handling copyright 1992-1999, 2004 The Free Software Foundation
6 *
7 * Server Handling is free software.
8 * You may redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the
9 * GNU General Public License, as published by the Free Software
10 * Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.
11 *
12 * Server Handling is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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16 *
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22 *
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24 * permission for additional uses of the text contained in his release
25 * of ServerHandler.
26 *
27 * The exception is that, if you link the ServerHandler library with other
28 * files to produce an executable, this does not by itself cause the
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32 *
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35 *
36 * This exception applies only to the code released by The Free
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43 *
44 * If you write modifications of your own for ServerHandler, it is your
45 * choice whether to permit this exception to apply to your modifications.
46 * If you do not wish that, delete this exception notice.
47 */
48
49#include "fixlib.h"
50#include "server.h"
51
52STATIC const char* def_args[] =
53{ (char *) NULL, (char *) NULL };
54
55/*
56 * chain_open
57 *
58 * Given an FD for an inferior process to use as stdin,
59 * start that process and return a NEW FD that that process
60 * will use for its stdout. Requires the argument vector
61 * for the new process and, optionally, a pointer to a place
62 * to store the child's process id.
63 */
64int
65chain_open (int stdin_fd, tCC** pp_args, pid_t* p_child)
66{
67 t_fd_pair stdout_pair;
68 pid_t ch_id;
69 tCC *pz_cmd;
70
71 stdout_pair.read_fd = stdout_pair.write_fd = -1;
72
73 /*
74 * Create a pipe it will be the child process' stdout,
75 * and the parent will read from it.
76 */
77 if (pipe (pipedes: (int *) &stdout_pair) < 0)
78 {
79 if (p_child != (pid_t *) NULL)
80 *p_child = NOPROCESS;
81 return -1;
82 }
83
84 /*
85 * If we did not get an arg list, use the default
86 */
87 if (pp_args == (tCC **) NULL)
88 pp_args = def_args;
89
90 /*
91 * If the arg list does not have a program,
92 * assume the "SHELL" from the environment, or, failing
93 * that, then sh. Set argv[0] to whatever we decided on.
94 */
95 if (pz_cmd = *pp_args,
96 (pz_cmd == (char *) NULL) || (*pz_cmd == '\0'))
97 {
98
99 pz_cmd = getenv (name: "SHELL");
100 if (pz_cmd == (char *) NULL)
101 pz_cmd = "sh";
102 }
103
104#ifdef DEBUG_PRINT
105 printf ("START: %s\n", pz_cmd);
106 {
107 int idx = 0;
108
109 while (pp_args[++idx] != (char *) NULL)
110 printf (" ARG %2d: %s\n", idx, pp_args[idx]);
111 }
112#endif
113
114 /*
115 * Call fork() and see which process we become
116 */
117 ch_id = fork ();
118 switch (ch_id)
119 {
120 case NOPROCESS: /* parent - error in call */
121 close (fd: stdout_pair.read_fd);
122 close (fd: stdout_pair.write_fd);
123 if (p_child != (pid_t *) NULL)
124 *p_child = NOPROCESS;
125 return -1;
126
127 default: /* parent - return opposite FD's */
128 if (p_child != (pid_t *) NULL)
129 *p_child = ch_id;
130#ifdef DEBUG_PRINT
131 printf ("for pid %d: stdin from %d, stdout to %d\n"
132 "for parent: read from %d\n",
133 ch_id, stdin_fd, stdout_pair.write_fd, stdout_pair.read_fd);
134#endif
135 close (fd: stdin_fd);
136 close (fd: stdout_pair.write_fd);
137 return stdout_pair.read_fd;
138
139 case NULLPROCESS: /* child - continue processing */
140 break;
141 }
142
143 /*
144 * Close the pipe end handed back to the parent process
145 */
146 close (fd: stdout_pair.read_fd);
147
148 /*
149 * Close our current stdin and stdout
150 */
151 close (STDIN_FILENO);
152 close (STDOUT_FILENO);
153
154 /*
155 * Make the fd passed in the stdin, and the write end of
156 * the new pipe become the stdout.
157 */
158 dup2 (fd: stdout_pair.write_fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
159 dup2 (fd: stdin_fd, STDIN_FILENO);
160
161 if (*pp_args == (char *) NULL)
162 *pp_args = pz_cmd;
163
164 execvp (file: pz_cmd, argv: (char**)pp_args);
165 fprintf (stderr, format: "Error %d: Could not execvp( '%s', ... ): %s\n",
166 errno, pz_cmd, xstrerror (errno));
167 exit (EXIT_PANIC);
168}
169
170
171/*
172 * proc2_open
173 *
174 * Given a pointer to an argument vector, start a process and
175 * place its stdin and stdout file descriptors into an fd pair
176 * structure. The "write_fd" connects to the inferior process
177 * stdin, and the "read_fd" connects to its stdout. The calling
178 * process should write to "write_fd" and read from "read_fd".
179 * The return value is the process id of the created process.
180 */
181pid_t
182proc2_open (t_fd_pair* p_pair, tCC** pp_args)
183{
184 pid_t ch_id;
185
186 /* Create a bi-directional pipe. Writes on 0 arrive on 1 and vice
187 versa, so the parent and child processes will read and write to
188 opposite FD's. */
189 if (pipe (pipedes: (int *) p_pair) < 0)
190 return NOPROCESS;
191
192 p_pair->read_fd = chain_open (stdin_fd: p_pair->read_fd, pp_args, p_child: &ch_id);
193 if (ch_id == NOPROCESS)
194 close (fd: p_pair->write_fd);
195
196 return ch_id;
197}
198
199
200/*
201 * proc2_fopen
202 *
203 * Identical to "proc2_open()", except that the "fd"'s are
204 * "fdopen(3)"-ed into file pointers instead.
205 */
206pid_t
207proc2_fopen (t_pf_pair* pf_pair, tCC** pp_args)
208{
209 t_fd_pair fd_pair;
210 pid_t ch_id = proc2_open (p_pair: &fd_pair, pp_args);
211
212 if (ch_id == NOPROCESS)
213 return ch_id;
214
215 pf_pair->pf_read = fdopen (fd_pair.read_fd, "r");
216 pf_pair->pf_write = fdopen (fd_pair.write_fd, "w");
217 return ch_id;
218}
219

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