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1 /* gspawn.h - Process launching
2  *
3  *  Copyright 2000 Red Hat, Inc.
4  *
5  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
7  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8  * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
9  *
10  * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
13  * Lesser General Public License for more details.
14  *
15  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
16  * along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
17  */
18 
19 #ifndef __G_SPAWN_H__
20 #define __G_SPAWN_H__
21 
22 #if !defined (__GLIB_H_INSIDE__) && !defined (GLIB_COMPILATION)
23 #error "Only <glib.h> can be included directly."
24 #endif
25 
26 #include <glib/gerror.h>
27 
28 G_BEGIN_DECLS
29 
30 
31 /* I'm not sure I remember our proposed naming convention here. */
32 /**
33  * G_SPAWN_ERROR:
34  *
35  * Error domain for spawning processes. Errors in this domain will
36  * be from the #GSpawnError enumeration. See #GError for information on
37  * error domains.
38  */
39 #define G_SPAWN_ERROR g_spawn_error_quark ()
40 
41 /**
42  * GSpawnError:
43  * @G_SPAWN_ERROR_FORK: Fork failed due to lack of memory.
44  * @G_SPAWN_ERROR_READ: Read or select on pipes failed.
45  * @G_SPAWN_ERROR_CHDIR: Changing to working directory failed.
46  * @G_SPAWN_ERROR_ACCES: execv() returned `EACCES`
47  * @G_SPAWN_ERROR_PERM: execv() returned `EPERM`
48  * @G_SPAWN_ERROR_TOO_BIG: execv() returned `E2BIG`
49  * @G_SPAWN_ERROR_2BIG: deprecated alias for %G_SPAWN_ERROR_TOO_BIG (deprecated since GLib 2.32)
50  * @G_SPAWN_ERROR_NOEXEC: execv() returned `ENOEXEC`
51  * @G_SPAWN_ERROR_NAMETOOLONG: execv() returned `ENAMETOOLONG`
52  * @G_SPAWN_ERROR_NOENT: execv() returned `ENOENT`
53  * @G_SPAWN_ERROR_NOMEM: execv() returned `ENOMEM`
54  * @G_SPAWN_ERROR_NOTDIR: execv() returned `ENOTDIR`
55  * @G_SPAWN_ERROR_LOOP: execv() returned `ELOOP`
56  * @G_SPAWN_ERROR_TXTBUSY: execv() returned `ETXTBUSY`
57  * @G_SPAWN_ERROR_IO: execv() returned `EIO`
58  * @G_SPAWN_ERROR_NFILE: execv() returned `ENFILE`
59  * @G_SPAWN_ERROR_MFILE: execv() returned `EMFILE`
60  * @G_SPAWN_ERROR_INVAL: execv() returned `EINVAL`
61  * @G_SPAWN_ERROR_ISDIR: execv() returned `EISDIR`
62  * @G_SPAWN_ERROR_LIBBAD: execv() returned `ELIBBAD`
63  * @G_SPAWN_ERROR_FAILED: Some other fatal failure,
64  *   `error->message` should explain.
65  *
66  * Error codes returned by spawning processes.
67  */
68 typedef enum
69 {
70   G_SPAWN_ERROR_FORK,   /* fork failed due to lack of memory */
71   G_SPAWN_ERROR_READ,   /* read or select on pipes failed */
72   G_SPAWN_ERROR_CHDIR,  /* changing to working dir failed */
73   G_SPAWN_ERROR_ACCES,  /* execv() returned EACCES */
74   G_SPAWN_ERROR_PERM,   /* execv() returned EPERM */
75   G_SPAWN_ERROR_TOO_BIG,/* execv() returned E2BIG */
76   G_SPAWN_ERROR_2BIG GLIB_DEPRECATED_ENUMERATOR_IN_2_32_FOR(G_SPAWN_ERROR_TOO_BIG) = G_SPAWN_ERROR_TOO_BIG,
77   G_SPAWN_ERROR_NOEXEC, /* execv() returned ENOEXEC */
78   G_SPAWN_ERROR_NAMETOOLONG, /* ""  "" ENAMETOOLONG */
79   G_SPAWN_ERROR_NOENT,       /* ""  "" ENOENT */
80   G_SPAWN_ERROR_NOMEM,       /* ""  "" ENOMEM */
81   G_SPAWN_ERROR_NOTDIR,      /* ""  "" ENOTDIR */
82   G_SPAWN_ERROR_LOOP,        /* ""  "" ELOOP   */
83   G_SPAWN_ERROR_TXTBUSY,     /* ""  "" ETXTBUSY */
84   G_SPAWN_ERROR_IO,          /* ""  "" EIO */
85   G_SPAWN_ERROR_NFILE,       /* ""  "" ENFILE */
86   G_SPAWN_ERROR_MFILE,       /* ""  "" EMFLE */
87   G_SPAWN_ERROR_INVAL,       /* ""  "" EINVAL */
88   G_SPAWN_ERROR_ISDIR,       /* ""  "" EISDIR */
89   G_SPAWN_ERROR_LIBBAD,      /* ""  "" ELIBBAD */
90   G_SPAWN_ERROR_FAILED       /* other fatal failure, error->message
91                               * should explain
92                               */
93 } GSpawnError;
94 
95 /**
96  * G_SPAWN_EXIT_ERROR:
97  *
98  * Error domain used by g_spawn_check_exit_status().  The code
99  * will be the program exit code.
100  */
101 #define G_SPAWN_EXIT_ERROR g_spawn_exit_error_quark ()
102 
103 /**
104  * GSpawnChildSetupFunc:
105  * @user_data: (closure): user data to pass to the function.
106  *
107  * Specifies the type of the setup function passed to g_spawn_async(),
108  * g_spawn_sync() and g_spawn_async_with_pipes(), which can, in very
109  * limited ways, be used to affect the child's execution.
110  *
111  * On POSIX platforms, the function is called in the child after GLib
112  * has performed all the setup it plans to perform, but before calling
113  * exec(). Actions taken in this function will only affect the child,
114  * not the parent.
115  *
116  * On Windows, the function is called in the parent. Its usefulness on
117  * Windows is thus questionable. In many cases executing the child setup
118  * function in the parent can have ill effects, and you should be very
119  * careful when porting software to Windows that uses child setup
120  * functions.
121  *
122  * However, even on POSIX, you are extremely limited in what you can
123  * safely do from a #GSpawnChildSetupFunc, because any mutexes that were
124  * held by other threads in the parent process at the time of the fork()
125  * will still be locked in the child process, and they will never be
126  * unlocked (since the threads that held them don't exist in the child).
127  * POSIX allows only async-signal-safe functions (see signal(7)) to be
128  * called in the child between fork() and exec(), which drastically limits
129  * the usefulness of child setup functions.
130  *
131  * In particular, it is not safe to call any function which may
132  * call malloc(), which includes POSIX functions such as setenv().
133  * If you need to set up the child environment differently from
134  * the parent, you should use g_get_environ(), g_environ_setenv(),
135  * and g_environ_unsetenv(), and then pass the complete environment
136  * list to the `g_spawn...` function.
137  */
138 typedef void (* GSpawnChildSetupFunc) (gpointer user_data);
139 
140 /**
141  * GSpawnFlags:
142  * @G_SPAWN_DEFAULT: no flags, default behaviour
143  * @G_SPAWN_LEAVE_DESCRIPTORS_OPEN: the parent's open file descriptors will
144  *     be inherited by the child; otherwise all descriptors except stdin,
145  *     stdout and stderr will be closed before calling exec() in the child.
146  * @G_SPAWN_DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD: the child will not be automatically reaped;
147  *     you must use g_child_watch_add() yourself (or call waitpid() or handle
148  *     `SIGCHLD` yourself), or the child will become a zombie.
149  * @G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH: `argv[0]` need not be an absolute path, it will be
150  *     looked for in the user's `PATH`.
151  * @G_SPAWN_STDOUT_TO_DEV_NULL: the child's standard output will be discarded,
152  *     instead of going to the same location as the parent's standard output.
153  * @G_SPAWN_STDERR_TO_DEV_NULL: the child's standard error will be discarded.
154  * @G_SPAWN_CHILD_INHERITS_STDIN: the child will inherit the parent's standard
155  *     input (by default, the child's standard input is attached to `/dev/null`).
156  * @G_SPAWN_FILE_AND_ARGV_ZERO: the first element of `argv` is the file to
157  *     execute, while the remaining elements are the actual argument vector
158  *     to pass to the file. Normally g_spawn_async_with_pipes() uses `argv[0]`
159  *     as the file to execute, and passes all of `argv` to the child.
160  * @G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH_FROM_ENVP: if `argv[0]` is not an absolute path,
161  *     it will be looked for in the `PATH` from the passed child environment.
162  *     Since: 2.34
163  * @G_SPAWN_CLOEXEC_PIPES: create all pipes with the `O_CLOEXEC` flag set.
164  *     Since: 2.40
165  *
166  * Flags passed to g_spawn_sync(), g_spawn_async() and g_spawn_async_with_pipes().
167  */
168 typedef enum
169 {
170   G_SPAWN_DEFAULT                = 0,
171   G_SPAWN_LEAVE_DESCRIPTORS_OPEN = 1 << 0,
172   G_SPAWN_DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD      = 1 << 1,
173   /* look for argv[0] in the path i.e. use execvp() */
174   G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH            = 1 << 2,
175   /* Dump output to /dev/null */
176   G_SPAWN_STDOUT_TO_DEV_NULL     = 1 << 3,
177   G_SPAWN_STDERR_TO_DEV_NULL     = 1 << 4,
178   G_SPAWN_CHILD_INHERITS_STDIN   = 1 << 5,
179   G_SPAWN_FILE_AND_ARGV_ZERO     = 1 << 6,
180   G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH_FROM_ENVP  = 1 << 7,
181   G_SPAWN_CLOEXEC_PIPES          = 1 << 8
182 } GSpawnFlags;
183 
184 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
185 GQuark g_spawn_error_quark (void);
186 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
187 GQuark g_spawn_exit_error_quark (void);
188 
189 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
190 gboolean g_spawn_async (const gchar           *working_directory,
191                         gchar                **argv,
192                         gchar                **envp,
193                         GSpawnFlags            flags,
194                         GSpawnChildSetupFunc   child_setup,
195                         gpointer               user_data,
196                         GPid                  *child_pid,
197                         GError               **error);
198 
199 
200 /* Opens pipes for non-NULL standard_output, standard_input, standard_error,
201  * and returns the parent's end of the pipes.
202  */
203 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
204 gboolean g_spawn_async_with_pipes (const gchar          *working_directory,
205                                    gchar               **argv,
206                                    gchar               **envp,
207                                    GSpawnFlags           flags,
208                                    GSpawnChildSetupFunc  child_setup,
209                                    gpointer              user_data,
210                                    GPid                 *child_pid,
211                                    gint                 *standard_input,
212                                    gint                 *standard_output,
213                                    gint                 *standard_error,
214                                    GError              **error);
215 
216 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_68
217 gboolean g_spawn_async_with_pipes_and_fds (const gchar          *working_directory,
218                                            const gchar * const  *argv,
219                                            const gchar * const  *envp,
220                                            GSpawnFlags           flags,
221                                            GSpawnChildSetupFunc  child_setup,
222                                            gpointer              user_data,
223                                            gint                  stdin_fd,
224                                            gint                  stdout_fd,
225                                            gint                  stderr_fd,
226                                            const gint           *source_fds,
227                                            const gint           *target_fds,
228                                            gsize                 n_fds,
229                                            GPid                 *child_pid_out,
230                                            gint                 *stdin_pipe_out,
231                                            gint                 *stdout_pipe_out,
232                                            gint                 *stderr_pipe_out,
233                                            GError              **error);
234 
235 /* Lets you provide fds for stdin/stdout/stderr */
236 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_58
237 gboolean g_spawn_async_with_fds (const gchar          *working_directory,
238                                  gchar               **argv,
239                                  gchar               **envp,
240                                  GSpawnFlags           flags,
241                                  GSpawnChildSetupFunc  child_setup,
242                                  gpointer              user_data,
243                                  GPid                 *child_pid,
244                                  gint                  stdin_fd,
245                                  gint                  stdout_fd,
246                                  gint                  stderr_fd,
247                                  GError              **error);
248 
249 /* If standard_output or standard_error are non-NULL, the full
250  * standard output or error of the command will be placed there.
251  */
252 
253 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
254 gboolean g_spawn_sync         (const gchar          *working_directory,
255                                gchar               **argv,
256                                gchar               **envp,
257                                GSpawnFlags           flags,
258                                GSpawnChildSetupFunc  child_setup,
259                                gpointer              user_data,
260                                gchar               **standard_output,
261                                gchar               **standard_error,
262                                gint                 *exit_status,
263                                GError              **error);
264 
265 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
266 gboolean g_spawn_command_line_sync  (const gchar          *command_line,
267                                      gchar               **standard_output,
268                                      gchar               **standard_error,
269                                      gint                 *exit_status,
270                                      GError              **error);
271 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
272 gboolean g_spawn_command_line_async (const gchar          *command_line,
273                                      GError              **error);
274 
275 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_34
276 gboolean g_spawn_check_exit_status (gint      exit_status,
277 				    GError  **error);
278 
279 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
280 void g_spawn_close_pid (GPid pid);
281 
282 G_END_DECLS
283 
284 #endif /* __G_SPAWN_H__ */
285