ijs_exec_unix.c

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#include "unistd_.h"
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include "ijs.h"
#include "ijs_client.h"

int 
ijs_exec_server(const char *server_cmd, int *pfd_to, int *pfd_from, 
    int *pchild_pid)
{
  int fds_to[2], fds_from[2];
  int child_pid;

  if (pipe (fds_to) < 0)
    return -1;
  if (pipe (fds_from) < 0)
    {
      close (fds_to[0]);
      close (fds_to[1]);
      return -1;
    }

  child_pid = fork ();
  if (child_pid < 0)
    {
      close (fds_to[0]);
      close (fds_to[1]);
      close (fds_from[0]);
      close (fds_from[1]);
      return -1;
    }
  if (child_pid == 0)
    {
      int status;
      char *argv[8];
      int i = 0;

      close (fds_to[1]);
      close (fds_from[0]);

      dup2 (fds_to[0], STDIN_FILENO);
      dup2 (fds_from[1], STDOUT_FILENO);
#define noGDB
#ifdef GDB
      argv[i++] = "gdb";
#endif

      argv[i++] = "sh";
      argv[i++] = "-c";

      argv[i++] = (char *)server_cmd;
      argv[i++] = NULL;
      status = execvp (argv[0], argv);
      if (status < 0)
	exit (1);
    }

  /* Ignore SIGPIPE signals. This is the behaviour you'll want most of
     the time, as the attempt to read or write to the pipe will fail
     and the client will find out then. If the client needs to preserve
     the SIGPIPE signal, it can either install its own signal handler
     after this call, or hack the code.
  */
  signal (SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);

#ifdef VERBOSE
  fprintf (stderr, "child_pid = %d; %d %d\n",
	   child_pid, fds_to[0], fds_from[1]);
#endif
  close (fds_to[0]);
  close (fds_from[1]);

  *pfd_to = fds_to[1];
  *pfd_from = fds_from[0];
  *pchild_pid = child_pid;

  return 0;
}