stdbuf: make it mandatory to specify a buffering option
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1 /* stdbuf -- setup the standard streams for a command
2 Copyright (C) 2009-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
7 (at your option) any later version.
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
17 /* Written by Pádraig Brady. */
19 #include <config.h>
20 #include <stdio.h>
21 #include <getopt.h>
22 #include <sys/types.h>
23 #include <assert.h>
25 #include "system.h"
26 #include "error.h"
27 #include "filenamecat.h"
28 #include "quote.h"
29 #include "xreadlink.h"
30 #include "xstrtol.h"
31 #include "c-ctype.h"
33 /* The official name of this program (e.g., no 'g' prefix). */
34 #define PROGRAM_NAME "stdbuf"
35 #define LIB_NAME "libstdbuf.so" /* FIXME: don't hardcode */
37 #define AUTHORS proper_name_utf8 ("Padraig Brady", "P\303\241draig Brady")
39 static char *program_path;
41 static struct
43 size_t size;
44 int optc;
45 char *optarg;
46 } stdbuf[3];
48 static struct option const longopts[] =
50 {"input", required_argument, NULL, 'i'},
51 {"output", required_argument, NULL, 'o'},
52 {"error", required_argument, NULL, 'e'},
53 {GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL},
54 {GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL},
55 {NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
58 /* Set size to the value of STR, interpreted as a decimal integer,
59 optionally multiplied by various values.
60 Return -1 on error, 0 on success.
62 This supports dd BLOCK size suffixes.
63 Note we don't support dd's b=512, c=1, w=2 or 21x512MiB formats. */
64 static int
65 parse_size (char const *str, size_t *size)
67 uintmax_t tmp_size;
68 enum strtol_error e = xstrtoumax (str, NULL, 10, &tmp_size, "EGkKMPTYZ0");
69 if (e == LONGINT_OK && tmp_size > SIZE_MAX)
70 e = LONGINT_OVERFLOW;
72 if (e == LONGINT_OK)
74 errno = 0;
75 *size = tmp_size;
76 return 0;
79 errno = (e == LONGINT_OVERFLOW ? EOVERFLOW : 0);
80 return -1;
83 void
84 usage (int status)
86 if (status != EXIT_SUCCESS)
87 emit_try_help ();
88 else
90 printf (_("Usage: %s OPTION... COMMAND\n"), program_name);
91 fputs (_("\
92 Run COMMAND, with modified buffering operations for its standard streams.\n\
93 "), stdout);
95 emit_mandatory_arg_note ();
97 fputs (_("\
98 -i, --input=MODE adjust standard input stream buffering\n\
99 -o, --output=MODE adjust standard output stream buffering\n\
100 -e, --error=MODE adjust standard error stream buffering\n\
101 "), stdout);
102 fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
103 fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
104 fputs (_("\n\
105 If MODE is 'L' the corresponding stream will be line buffered.\n\
106 This option is invalid with standard input.\n"), stdout);
107 fputs (_("\n\
108 If MODE is '0' the corresponding stream will be unbuffered.\n\
109 "), stdout);
110 fputs (_("\n\
111 Otherwise MODE is a number which may be followed by one of the following:\n\
112 KB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000, M 1024*1024, and so on for G, T, P, E, Z, Y.\n\
113 In this case the corresponding stream will be fully buffered with the buffer\n\
114 size set to MODE bytes.\n\
115 "), stdout);
116 fputs (_("\n\
117 NOTE: If COMMAND adjusts the buffering of its standard streams ('tee' does\n\
118 for e.g.) then that will override corresponding settings changed by 'stdbuf'.\n\
119 Also some filters (like 'dd' and 'cat' etc.) don't use streams for I/O,\n\
120 and are thus unaffected by 'stdbuf' settings.\n\
121 "), stdout);
122 emit_ancillary_info ();
124 exit (status);
127 /* argv[0] can be anything really, but generally it contains
128 the path to the executable or just a name if it was executed
129 using $PATH. In the latter case to get the path we can:
130 search getenv("PATH"), readlink("/prof/self/exe"), getenv("_"),
131 dladdr(), pstat_getpathname(), etc. */
133 static void
134 set_program_path (const char *arg)
136 if (strchr (arg, '/')) /* Use absolute or relative paths directly. */
138 program_path = dir_name (arg);
140 else
142 char *path = xreadlink ("/proc/self/exe");
143 if (path)
144 program_path = dir_name (path);
145 else if ((path = getenv ("PATH")))
147 char *dir;
148 path = xstrdup (path);
149 for (dir = strtok (path, ":"); dir != NULL; dir = strtok (NULL, ":"))
151 char *candidate = file_name_concat (dir, arg, NULL);
152 if (access (candidate, X_OK) == 0)
154 program_path = dir_name (candidate);
155 free (candidate);
156 break;
158 free (candidate);
161 free (path);
165 static int
166 optc_to_fileno (int c)
168 int ret = -1;
170 switch (c)
172 case 'e':
173 ret = STDERR_FILENO;
174 break;
175 case 'i':
176 ret = STDIN_FILENO;
177 break;
178 case 'o':
179 ret = STDOUT_FILENO;
180 break;
183 return ret;
186 static void
187 set_LD_PRELOAD (void)
189 int ret;
190 char *old_libs = getenv ("LD_PRELOAD");
191 char *LD_PRELOAD;
193 /* Note this would auto add the appropriate search path for "libstdbuf.so":
194 gcc stdbuf.c -Wl,-rpath,'$ORIGIN' -Wl,-rpath,$PKGLIBEXECDIR
195 However we want the lookup done for the exec'd command not stdbuf.
197 Since we don't link against libstdbuf.so add it to PKGLIBEXECDIR
198 rather than to LIBDIR. */
199 char const *const search_path[] = {
200 program_path,
201 PKGLIBEXECDIR,
202 NULL
205 char const *const *path = search_path;
206 char *libstdbuf;
208 while (true)
210 struct stat sb;
212 if (!**path) /* system default */
214 libstdbuf = xstrdup (LIB_NAME);
215 break;
217 ret = asprintf (&libstdbuf, "%s/%s", *path, LIB_NAME);
218 if (ret < 0)
219 xalloc_die ();
220 if (stat (libstdbuf, &sb) == 0) /* file_exists */
221 break;
222 free (libstdbuf);
224 ++path;
225 if ( ! *path)
226 error (EXIT_CANCELED, 0, _("failed to find %s"), quote (LIB_NAME));
229 /* FIXME: Do we need to support libstdbuf.dll, c:, '\' separators etc? */
231 if (old_libs)
232 ret = asprintf (&LD_PRELOAD, "LD_PRELOAD=%s:%s", old_libs, libstdbuf);
233 else
234 ret = asprintf (&LD_PRELOAD, "LD_PRELOAD=%s", libstdbuf);
236 if (ret < 0)
237 xalloc_die ();
239 free (libstdbuf);
241 ret = putenv (LD_PRELOAD);
243 if (ret != 0)
245 error (EXIT_CANCELED, errno,
246 _("failed to update the environment with %s"),
247 quote (LD_PRELOAD));
251 /* Populate environ with _STDBUF_I=$MODE _STDBUF_O=$MODE _STDBUF_E=$MODE.
252 Return TRUE if any environment variables set. */
254 static bool
255 set_libstdbuf_options (void)
257 bool env_set = false;
258 size_t i;
260 for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_CARDINALITY (stdbuf); i++)
262 if (stdbuf[i].optarg)
264 char *var;
265 int ret;
267 if (*stdbuf[i].optarg == 'L')
268 ret = asprintf (&var, "%s%c=L", "_STDBUF_",
269 toupper (stdbuf[i].optc));
270 else
271 ret = asprintf (&var, "%s%c=%" PRIuMAX, "_STDBUF_",
272 toupper (stdbuf[i].optc),
273 (uintmax_t) stdbuf[i].size);
274 if (ret < 0)
275 xalloc_die ();
277 if (putenv (var) != 0)
279 error (EXIT_CANCELED, errno,
280 _("failed to update the environment with %s"),
281 quote (var));
284 env_set = true;
288 return env_set;
292 main (int argc, char **argv)
294 int c;
296 initialize_main (&argc, &argv);
297 set_program_name (argv[0]);
298 setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
299 bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
300 textdomain (PACKAGE);
302 initialize_exit_failure (EXIT_CANCELED);
303 atexit (close_stdout);
305 while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "+i:o:e:", longopts, NULL)) != -1)
307 int opt_fileno;
309 switch (c)
311 /* Old McDonald had a farm ei... */
312 case 'e':
313 case 'i':
314 case 'o':
315 opt_fileno = optc_to_fileno (c);
316 assert (0 <= opt_fileno && opt_fileno < ARRAY_CARDINALITY (stdbuf));
317 stdbuf[opt_fileno].optc = c;
318 while (c_isspace (*optarg))
319 optarg++;
320 stdbuf[opt_fileno].optarg = optarg;
321 if (c == 'i' && *optarg == 'L')
323 /* -oL will be by far the most common use of this utility,
324 but one could easily think -iL might have the same affect,
325 so disallow it as it could be confusing. */
326 error (0, 0, _("line buffering stdin is meaningless"));
327 usage (EXIT_CANCELED);
330 if (!STREQ (optarg, "L")
331 && parse_size (optarg, &stdbuf[opt_fileno].size) == -1)
332 error (EXIT_CANCELED, errno, _("invalid mode %s"), quote (optarg));
334 break;
336 case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR;
338 case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME, AUTHORS);
340 default:
341 usage (EXIT_CANCELED);
345 argv += optind;
346 argc -= optind;
348 /* must specify at least 1 command. */
349 if (argc < 1)
351 error (0, 0, _("missing operand"));
352 usage (EXIT_CANCELED);
355 if (! set_libstdbuf_options ())
357 error (0, 0, _("you must specify a buffering mode option"));
358 usage (EXIT_CANCELED);
361 /* Try to preload libstdbuf first from the same path as
362 stdbuf is running from. */
363 set_program_path (program_name);
364 if (!program_path)
365 program_path = xstrdup (PKGLIBDIR); /* Need to init to non NULL. */
366 set_LD_PRELOAD ();
367 free (program_path);
369 execvp (*argv, argv);
372 int exit_status = (errno == ENOENT ? EXIT_ENOENT : EXIT_CANNOT_INVOKE);
373 error (0, errno, _("failed to run command %s"), quote (argv[0]));
374 exit (exit_status);