1 /*
2 * w9xpopen.c
3 *
4 * Serves as an intermediate stub Win32 console application to
5 * avoid a hanging pipe when redirecting 16-bit console based
6 * programs (including MS-DOS console based programs and batch
7 * files) on Window 95 and Windows 98.
8 *
9 * This program is to be launched with redirected standard
10 * handles. It will launch the command line specified 16-bit
11 * console based application in the same console, forwarding
12 * its own redirected standard handles to the 16-bit child.
13
14 * AKA solution to the problem described in KB: Q150956.
15 */
16
17 #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
18 #include <windows.h>
19 #include <stdio.h>
20 #include <stdlib.h> /* for malloc and its friends */
21
22 const char *usage =
23 "This program is used by Python's os.popen function\n"
24 "to work around a limitation in Windows 95/98. It is\n"
25 "not designed to be used as a stand-alone program.";
26
main(int argc,char * argv[])27 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
28 {
29 BOOL bRet;
30 STARTUPINFO si;
31 PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
32 DWORD exit_code=0;
33 size_t cmdlen = 0;
34 int i;
35 char *cmdline, *cmdlinefill;
36
37 if (argc < 2) {
38 if (GetFileType(GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE))==FILE_TYPE_CHAR)
39 /* Attached to a console, and therefore not executed by Python
40 Display a message box for the inquisitive user
41 */
42 MessageBox(NULL, usage, argv[0], MB_OK);
43 else {
44 /* Eeek - executed by Python, but args are screwed!
45 Write an error message to stdout so there is at
46 least some clue for the end user when it appears
47 in their output.
48 A message box would be hidden and blocks the app.
49 */
50 fprintf(stdout, "Internal popen error - no args specified\n%s\n", usage);
51 }
52 return 1;
53 }
54 /* Build up the command-line from the args.
55 Args with a space are quoted, existing quotes are escaped.
56 To keep things simple calculating the buffer size, we assume
57 every character is a quote - ie, we allocate double what we need
58 in the worst case. As this is only double the command line passed
59 to us, there is a good chance this is reasonably small, so the total
60 allocation will almost always be < 512 bytes.
61 */
62 for (i=1;i<argc;i++)
63 cmdlen += strlen(argv[i])*2 + 3; /* one space, maybe 2 quotes */
64 cmdline = cmdlinefill = (char *)malloc(cmdlen+1);
65 if (cmdline == NULL)
66 return -1;
67 for (i=1;i<argc;i++) {
68 const char *arglook;
69 int bQuote = strchr(argv[i], ' ') != NULL;
70 if (bQuote)
71 *cmdlinefill++ = '"';
72 /* escape quotes */
73 for (arglook=argv[i];*arglook;arglook++) {
74 if (*arglook=='"')
75 *cmdlinefill++ = '\\';
76 *cmdlinefill++ = *arglook;
77 }
78 if (bQuote)
79 *cmdlinefill++ = '"';
80 *cmdlinefill++ = ' ';
81 }
82 *cmdlinefill = '\0';
83
84 /* Make child process use this app's standard files. */
85 ZeroMemory(&si, sizeof si);
86 si.cb = sizeof si;
87 si.dwFlags = STARTF_USESTDHANDLES;
88 si.hStdInput = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
89 si.hStdOutput = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
90 si.hStdError = GetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE);
91
92 bRet = CreateProcess(
93 NULL, cmdline,
94 NULL, NULL,
95 TRUE, 0,
96 NULL, NULL,
97 &si, &pi
98 );
99
100 free(cmdline);
101
102 if (bRet) {
103 if (WaitForSingleObject(pi.hProcess, INFINITE) != WAIT_FAILED) {
104 GetExitCodeProcess(pi.hProcess, &exit_code);
105 }
106 CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);
107 CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
108 return exit_code;
109 }
110
111 return 1;
112 }
113