Subprocesses with pipable stdin, stdout and stderr.
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Detailed Description
Subprocesses with pipable stdin, stdout and stderr.
Function Documentation
Create a subprocess.
- Parameters:
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command | Command, will be passed to /bin/sh |
do_stdin | 1 if stdin should be connected by a pipe, 0 else |
do_stdout | 1 if stdout should be connected by a pipe, 0 else |
do_stderr | 1 if stderr should be connected by a pipe, 0 else |
A new handle with the runnig child program or NULL
Send a signal to a process.
- Parameters:
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proc | A subprocess |
signal | Which signal to send |
Types for signal are the same as in <signal.h>
Close a subprocess and free all associated memory.
- Parameters:
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- Returns:
- The return code of the program
Read a line from stdout or stderr of a process.
- Parameters:
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fd | The filesecriptor |
ret | String (will be realloced) |
ret_alloc | Allocated size of the string (will be changed with each realloc) |
timeout | Timeout in milliseconds |
- Returns:
- 1 if a line could be read, 0 else
Read data from stdout or stderr of a process.
- Parameters:
-
fd | The filesecriptor |
ret | Pointer to allocated memory, where the data will be placed |
len | How many bytes to read |
- Returns:
- The number of bytes read
If the return value is smaller than the number of bytes you requested, you can assume, that the process finished and won't send more data.