From 7ad2a3477f39e2eac221c53e5f94954f481eb1b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Vogt Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 16:43:58 +0200 Subject: Implement Popen() execv helper to avoid popen() --- apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) (limited to 'apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h') diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h index cc1a98eae..b7812ac56 100644 --- a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h +++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h @@ -201,4 +201,16 @@ std::string flCombine(std::string Dir,std::string File); // simple c++ glob std::vector Glob(std::string const &pattern, int flags=0); +/** \brief Popen() implementation that execv() instead of using a shell + * + * \param Args the execv style command to run + * \param FileFd is a referenz to the FileFd to use for input or output + * \param Child a reference to the integer that stores the child pid + * Note that you must call ExecWait() or similar to cleanup + * \param Mode is either FileFd::ReadOnly or FileFd::WriteOnly + * \return true on success, false on failure with _error set + */ +bool Popen(const char* Args[], FileFd &Fd, pid_t &Child, FileFd::OpenMode Mode); + + #endif -- cgit v1.2.3