2 Run a child process and collect the output
4 Copyright (C) Amitay Isaacs 2016
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20 #ifndef __CTDB_RUN_PROC_H__
21 #define __CTDB_RUN_PROC_H__
29 * @brief Run a process and capture the output
31 * This abstraction allows one to execute scripts with argumunts.
35 * @brief The run process context
37 struct run_proc_context
;
40 * @brief The exit status structure
42 * If the process is terminated due to a signal, sig is set.
43 * If the process is terminated due to an error, err is set.
44 * If the process terminates normally, status is set.
46 struct run_proc_result
{
53 * @brief Initialize the context for running processes
55 * @param[in] mem_ctx Talloc memory context
56 * @param[in] ev Tevent context
57 * @param[out] result New run_proc context
58 * @return 0 on success, errno on error
60 int run_proc_init(TALLOC_CTX
*mem_ctx
, struct tevent_context
*ev
,
61 struct run_proc_context
**result
);
64 * @brief Async computation start to run an executable
66 * @param[in] mem_ctx Talloc memory context
67 * @param[in] ev Tevent context
68 * @param[in] run_ctx Run_proc context
69 * @param[in] prog The path to the executable
70 * @param[in] argv Arguments to the executable
71 * @param[in] stdin_fd Assign stdin_fd as stdin for the process, -1 if not
72 * @param[in] timeout How long to wait for execution
73 * @return new tevent request, or NULL on failure
75 * argv must include program name as argv[0] and must be null terminated.
77 struct tevent_req
*run_proc_send(TALLOC_CTX
*mem_ctx
,
78 struct tevent_context
*ev
,
79 struct run_proc_context
*run_ctx
,
80 const char *prog
, const char **argv
,
81 int stdin_fd
, struct timeval timeout
);
84 * @brief Async computation end to run an executable
86 * @param[in] req Tevent request
87 * @param[out] perr errno in case of failure
88 * @param[out] result The exit status of the executable
89 * @param[out] pid The pid of the child process (still running)
90 * @param[in] mem_ctx Talloc memory context
91 * @param[out] output The output from the executable (stdio + stderr)
92 * @return true on success, false on failure
94 * The returned pid is -1 if the process has terminated.
96 bool run_proc_recv(struct tevent_req
*req
, int *perr
,
97 struct run_proc_result
*result
, pid_t
*pid
,
98 TALLOC_CTX
*mem_ctx
, char **output
);
100 #endif /* __CTDB_RUN_PROC_H__ */