enum {
ERR_RUN_COMMAND_FORK = 10000,
ERR_RUN_COMMAND_EXEC,
+ ERR_RUN_COMMAND_PIPE,
ERR_RUN_COMMAND_WAITPID,
ERR_RUN_COMMAND_WAITPID_WRONG_PID,
ERR_RUN_COMMAND_WAITPID_SIGNAL,
struct child_process {
const char **argv;
pid_t pid;
+ int in;
+ int out;
+ int err;
+ const char *dir;
+ const char *const *env;
+ unsigned close_in:1;
+ unsigned close_out:1;
unsigned no_stdin:1;
+ unsigned no_stdout:1;
+ unsigned no_stderr:1;
unsigned git_cmd:1; /* if this is to be git sub-command */
unsigned stdout_to_stderr:1;
};
#define RUN_GIT_CMD 2 /*If this is to be git sub-command */
#define RUN_COMMAND_STDOUT_TO_STDERR 4
int run_command_v_opt(const char **argv, int opt);
+int run_command_v_opt_cd(const char **argv, int opt, const char *dir);
+
+/*
+ * env (the environment) is to be formatted like environ: "VAR=VALUE".
+ * To unset an environment variable use just "VAR".
+ */
+int run_command_v_opt_cd_env(const char **argv, int opt, const char *dir, const char *const *env);
+
+/*
+ * The purpose of the following functions is to feed a pipe by running
+ * a function asynchronously and providing output that the caller reads.
+ *
+ * It is expected that no synchronization and mutual exclusion between
+ * the caller and the feed function is necessary so that the function
+ * can run in a thread without interfering with the caller.
+ */
+struct async {
+ /*
+ * proc writes to fd and closes it;
+ * returns 0 on success, non-zero on failure
+ */
+ int (*proc)(int fd, void *data);
+ void *data;
+ int out; /* caller reads from here and closes it */
+ pid_t pid;
+};
+
+int start_async(struct async *async);
+int finish_async(struct async *async);
#endif