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30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
32 -- Currently this package is implemented on all native GNAT ports. It is not
33 -- yet implemented for any of the cross-ports (e.g. it is not available for
34 -- VxWorks or LynxOS).
40 -- This package provides a set of subprograms similar to what is available
41 -- with the standard Tcl Expect tool.
43 -- It allows you to easily spawn and communicate with an external process.
44 -- You can send commands or inputs to the process, and compare the output
45 -- with some expected regular expression.
51 -- (1 => new String' ("machine@domain")));
52 -- Timeout := 10_000; -- 10 seconds
53 -- Expect (Fd, Result, Regexp_Array'(+"\(user\)", +"\(passwd\)"),
56 -- when 1 => Send (Fd, "my_name"); -- matched "user"
57 -- when 2 => Send (Fd, "my_passwd"); -- matched "passwd"
58 -- when Expect_Timeout => null; -- timeout
59 -- when others => null;
63 -- You can also combine multiple regular expressions together, and get the
64 -- specific string matching a parenthesis pair by doing something like this:
65 -- If you expect either "lang=optional ada" or "lang=ada" from the external
66 -- process, you can group the two together, which is more efficient, and
67 -- simply get the name of the language by doing:
70 -- Matched : Match_Array (0 .. 2);
72 -- Expect (Fd, Result, "lang=(optional)? ([a-z]+)", Matched);
73 -- Put_Line ("Seen: " &
74 -- Expect_Out (Fd) (Matched (2).First .. Matched (2).Last));
77 -- Alternatively, you might choose to use a lower-level interface to the
78 -- processes, where you can give your own input and output filters every
79 -- time characters are read from or written to the process.
81 -- procedure My_Filter
82 -- (Descriptor : Process_Descriptor'Class;
84 -- User_Data : System.Address)
92 -- (new String' ("-f"), new String' ("a_file")));
93 -- Add_Filter (Fd, My_Filter'Access, Output);
94 -- Expect (Fd, Result, "", 0); -- wait forever
96 -- The above example should probably be run in a separate task, since it is
97 -- blocking on the call to Expect.
99 -- Both examples can be combined, for instance to systematically print the
100 -- output seen by expect, even though you still want to let Expect do the
101 -- filtering. You can use the Trace_Filter subprogram for such a filter.
103 -- If you want to get the output of a simple command, and ignore any previous
104 -- existing output, it is recommended to do something like:
106 -- Expect (Fd, Result, ".*", Timeout => 0);
107 -- -- Empty the buffer, by matching everything (after checking
108 -- -- if there was any input).
110 -- Send (Fd, "command");
111 -- Expect (Fd, Result, ".."); -- match only on the output of command
117 -- This package is not task-safe: there should not be concurrent calls to the
118 -- functions defined in this package. In other words, separate tasks must not
119 -- access the facilities of this package without synchronization that
120 -- serializes access.
126 package GNAT
.Expect
is
128 type Process_Id
is new Integer;
129 Invalid_Pid
: constant Process_Id
:= -1;
130 Null_Pid
: constant Process_Id
:= 0;
132 type Filter_Type
is (Output
, Input
, Died
);
133 -- The signals that are emitted by the Process_Descriptor upon state change
134 -- in the child. One can connect to any of these signals through the
135 -- Add_Filter subprograms.
137 -- Output => Every time new characters are read from the process
138 -- associated with Descriptor, the filter is called with
139 -- these new characters in the argument.
141 -- Note that output is generated only when the program is
142 -- blocked in a call to Expect.
144 -- Input => Every time new characters are written to the process
145 -- associated with Descriptor, the filter is called with
146 -- these new characters in the argument.
147 -- Note that input is generated only by calls to Send.
149 -- Died => The child process has died, or was explicitly killed
151 type Process_Descriptor
is tagged private;
152 -- Contains all the components needed to describe a process handled
153 -- in this package, including a process identifier, file descriptors
154 -- associated with the standard input, output and error, and the buffer
155 -- needed to handle the expect calls.
157 type Process_Descriptor_Access
is access Process_Descriptor
'Class;
159 ------------------------
160 -- Spawning a process --
161 ------------------------
163 procedure Non_Blocking_Spawn
164 (Descriptor
: out Process_Descriptor
'Class;
166 Args
: GNAT
.OS_Lib
.Argument_List
;
167 Buffer_Size
: Natural := 4096;
168 Err_To_Out
: Boolean := False);
169 -- This call spawns a new process and allows sending commands to
170 -- the process and/or automatic parsing of the output.
172 -- The expect buffer associated with that process can contain at most
173 -- Buffer_Size characters. Older characters are simply discarded when this
174 -- buffer is full. Beware that if the buffer is too big, this could slow
175 -- down the Expect calls if the output not is matched, since Expect has to
176 -- match all the regexp against all the characters in the buffer. If
177 -- Buffer_Size is 0, there is no limit (i.e. all the characters are kept
178 -- till Expect matches), but this is slower.
180 -- If Err_To_Out is True, then the standard error of the spawned process is
181 -- connected to the standard output. This is the only way to get the Expect
182 -- subprograms to also match on output on standard error.
184 -- Invalid_Process is raised if the process could not be spawned.
186 -- For information about spawning processes from tasking programs, see the
187 -- "NOTE: Spawn in tasking programs" in System.OS_Lib (s-os_lib.ads).
189 procedure Close
(Descriptor
: in out Process_Descriptor
);
190 -- Terminate the process and close the pipes to it. It implicitly does the
191 -- 'wait' command required to clean up the process table. This also frees
192 -- the buffer associated with the process id. Raise Invalid_Process if the
193 -- process id is invalid.
196 (Descriptor
: in out Process_Descriptor
;
197 Status
: out Integer);
198 -- Same as above, but also returns the exit status of the process, as set
199 -- for example by the procedure GNAT.OS_Lib.OS_Exit.
201 procedure Send_Signal
202 (Descriptor
: Process_Descriptor
;
204 -- Send a given signal to the process. Raise Invalid_Process if the process
207 procedure Interrupt
(Descriptor
: in out Process_Descriptor
);
208 -- Interrupt the process (the equivalent of Ctrl-C on unix and windows)
209 -- and call close if the process dies.
211 function Get_Input_Fd
212 (Descriptor
: Process_Descriptor
) return GNAT
.OS_Lib
.File_Descriptor
;
213 -- Return the input file descriptor associated with Descriptor
215 function Get_Output_Fd
216 (Descriptor
: Process_Descriptor
) return GNAT
.OS_Lib
.File_Descriptor
;
217 -- Return the output file descriptor associated with Descriptor
219 function Get_Error_Fd
220 (Descriptor
: Process_Descriptor
) return GNAT
.OS_Lib
.File_Descriptor
;
221 -- Return the error output file descriptor associated with Descriptor
224 (Descriptor
: Process_Descriptor
) return Process_Id
;
225 -- Return the process id associated with a given process descriptor
227 function Get_Command_Output
229 Arguments
: GNAT
.OS_Lib
.Argument_List
;
231 Status
: not null access Integer;
232 Err_To_Out
: Boolean := False) return String;
233 -- Execute Command with the specified Arguments and Input, and return the
234 -- generated standard output data as a single string. If Err_To_Out is
235 -- True, generated standard error output is included as well. On return,
236 -- Status is set to the command's exit status.
242 -- This is a rather low-level interface to subprocesses, since basically
243 -- the filtering is left entirely to the user. See the Expect subprograms
244 -- below for higher level functions.
246 type Filter_Function
is access
248 (Descriptor
: Process_Descriptor
'Class;
250 User_Data
: System
.Address
:= System
.Null_Address
);
251 -- Function called every time new characters are read from or written to
254 -- Str is a string of all these characters.
256 -- User_Data, if specified, is user specific data that will be passed to
257 -- the filter. Note that no checks are done on this parameter, so it should
258 -- be used with caution.
261 (Descriptor
: in out Process_Descriptor
;
262 Filter
: Filter_Function
;
263 Filter_On
: Filter_Type
:= Output
;
264 User_Data
: System
.Address
:= System
.Null_Address
;
265 After
: Boolean := False);
266 -- Add a new filter for one of the filter types. This filter will be run
267 -- before all the existing filters, unless After is set True, in which case
268 -- it will be run after existing filters. User_Data is passed as is to the
271 procedure Remove_Filter
272 (Descriptor
: in out Process_Descriptor
;
273 Filter
: Filter_Function
);
274 -- Remove a filter from the list of filters (whatever the type of the
277 procedure Trace_Filter
278 (Descriptor
: Process_Descriptor
'Class;
280 User_Data
: System
.Address
:= System
.Null_Address
);
281 -- Function that can be used as a filter and that simply outputs Str on
282 -- Standard_Output. This is mainly used for debugging purposes.
283 -- User_Data is ignored.
285 procedure Lock_Filters
(Descriptor
: in out Process_Descriptor
);
286 -- Temporarily disables all output and input filters. They will be
287 -- reactivated only when Unlock_Filters has been called as many times as
290 procedure Unlock_Filters
(Descriptor
: in out Process_Descriptor
);
291 -- Unlocks the filters. They are reactivated only if Unlock_Filters
292 -- has been called as many times as Lock_Filters.
299 (Descriptor
: in out Process_Descriptor
;
301 Add_LF
: Boolean := True;
302 Empty_Buffer
: Boolean := False);
303 -- Send a string to the file descriptor.
305 -- The string is not formatted in any way, except if Add_LF is True, in
306 -- which case an ASCII.LF is added at the end, so that Str is recognized
307 -- as a command by the external process.
309 -- If Empty_Buffer is True, any input waiting from the process (or in the
310 -- buffer) is first discarded before the command is sent. The output
311 -- filters are of course called as usual.
313 -----------------------------------------------------------
314 -- Working on the output (single process, simple regexp) --
315 -----------------------------------------------------------
317 type Expect_Match
is new Integer;
318 Expect_Full_Buffer
: constant Expect_Match
:= -1;
319 -- If the buffer was full and some characters were discarded
321 Expect_Timeout
: constant Expect_Match
:= -2;
322 -- If no output matching the regexps was found before the timeout
324 function "+" (S
: String) return GNAT
.OS_Lib
.String_Access
;
325 -- Allocate some memory for the string. This is merely a convenience
326 -- function to help create the array of regexps in the call to Expect.
329 (Descriptor
: in out Process_Descriptor
;
330 Result
: out Expect_Match
;
332 Timeout
: Integer := 10_000
;
333 Full_Buffer
: Boolean := False);
334 -- Wait till a string matching Fd can be read from Fd, and return 1 if a
337 -- It consumes all the characters read from Fd until a match found, and
338 -- then sets the return values for the subprograms Expect_Out and
341 -- The empty string "" will never match, and can be used if you only want
342 -- to match after a specific timeout. Beware that if Timeout is -1 at the
343 -- time, the current task will be blocked forever.
345 -- This command times out after Timeout milliseconds (or never if Timeout
346 -- is -1). In that case, Expect_Timeout is returned. The value returned by
347 -- Expect_Out and Expect_Out_Match are meaningless in that case.
349 -- Note that using a timeout of 0ms leads to unpredictable behavior, since
350 -- the result depends on whether the process has already sent some output
351 -- the first time Expect checks, and this depends on the operating system.
353 -- The regular expression must obey the syntax described in GNAT.Regpat.
355 -- If Full_Buffer is True, then Expect will match if the buffer was too
356 -- small and some characters were about to be discarded. In that case,
357 -- Expect_Full_Buffer is returned.
360 (Descriptor
: in out Process_Descriptor
;
361 Result
: out Expect_Match
;
362 Regexp
: GNAT
.Regpat
.Pattern_Matcher
;
363 Timeout
: Integer := 10_000
;
364 Full_Buffer
: Boolean := False);
365 -- Same as the previous one, but with a precompiled regular expression.
366 -- This is more efficient however, especially if you are using this
367 -- expression multiple times, since this package won't need to recompile
368 -- the regexp every time.
371 (Descriptor
: in out Process_Descriptor
;
372 Result
: out Expect_Match
;
374 Matched
: out GNAT
.Regpat
.Match_Array
;
375 Timeout
: Integer := 10_000
;
376 Full_Buffer
: Boolean := False);
377 -- Same as above, but it is now possible to get the indexes of the
378 -- substrings for the parentheses in the regexp (see the example at the
379 -- top of this package, as well as the documentation in the package
382 -- Matched'First should be 0, and this index will contain the indexes for
383 -- the whole string that was matched. The index 1 will contain the indexes
384 -- for the first parentheses-pair, and so on.
391 (Descriptor
: in out Process_Descriptor
;
392 Result
: out Expect_Match
;
393 Regexp
: GNAT
.Regpat
.Pattern_Matcher
;
394 Matched
: out GNAT
.Regpat
.Match_Array
;
395 Timeout
: Integer := 10_000
;
396 Full_Buffer
: Boolean := False);
397 -- Same as above, but with a precompiled regular expression
399 -------------------------------------------------------------
400 -- Working on the output (single process, multiple regexp) --
401 -------------------------------------------------------------
403 type Regexp_Array
is array (Positive range <>) of GNAT
.OS_Lib
.String_Access
;
405 type Pattern_Matcher_Access
is access all GNAT
.Regpat
.Pattern_Matcher
;
406 type Compiled_Regexp_Array
is
407 array (Positive range <>) of Pattern_Matcher_Access
;
410 (P
: GNAT
.Regpat
.Pattern_Matcher
) return Pattern_Matcher_Access
;
411 -- Allocate some memory for the pattern matcher. This is only a convenience
412 -- function to help create the array of compiled regular expressions.
415 (Descriptor
: in out Process_Descriptor
;
416 Result
: out Expect_Match
;
417 Regexps
: Regexp_Array
;
418 Timeout
: Integer := 10_000
;
419 Full_Buffer
: Boolean := False);
420 -- Wait till a string matching one of the regular expressions in Regexps
421 -- is found. This function returns the index of the regexp that matched.
422 -- This command is blocking, but will timeout after Timeout milliseconds.
423 -- In that case, Timeout is returned.
426 (Descriptor
: in out Process_Descriptor
;
427 Result
: out Expect_Match
;
428 Regexps
: Compiled_Regexp_Array
;
429 Timeout
: Integer := 10_000
;
430 Full_Buffer
: Boolean := False);
431 -- Same as the previous one, but with precompiled regular expressions.
432 -- This can be much faster if you are using them multiple times.
435 (Descriptor
: in out Process_Descriptor
;
436 Result
: out Expect_Match
;
437 Regexps
: Regexp_Array
;
438 Matched
: out GNAT
.Regpat
.Match_Array
;
439 Timeout
: Integer := 10_000
;
440 Full_Buffer
: Boolean := False);
441 -- Same as above, except that you can also access the parenthesis
442 -- groups inside the matching regular expression.
444 -- The first index in Matched must be 0, or Constraint_Error will be
445 -- raised. The index 0 contains the indexes for the whole string that was
446 -- matched, the index 1 contains the indexes for the first parentheses
450 (Descriptor
: in out Process_Descriptor
;
451 Result
: out Expect_Match
;
452 Regexps
: Compiled_Regexp_Array
;
453 Matched
: out GNAT
.Regpat
.Match_Array
;
454 Timeout
: Integer := 10_000
;
455 Full_Buffer
: Boolean := False);
456 -- Same as above, but with precompiled regular expressions. The first index
457 -- in Matched must be 0, or Constraint_Error will be raised.
459 -------------------------------------------
460 -- Working on the output (multi-process) --
461 -------------------------------------------
463 type Multiprocess_Regexp
is record
464 Descriptor
: Process_Descriptor_Access
;
465 Regexp
: Pattern_Matcher_Access
;
468 type Multiprocess_Regexp_Array
is
469 array (Positive range <>) of Multiprocess_Regexp
;
471 procedure Free
(Regexp
: in out Multiprocess_Regexp
);
472 -- Free the memory occupied by Regexp
474 function Has_Process
(Regexp
: Multiprocess_Regexp_Array
) return Boolean;
475 -- Return True if at least one entry in Regexp is non-null, ie there is
476 -- still at least one process to monitor
478 function First_Dead_Process
479 (Regexp
: Multiprocess_Regexp_Array
) return Natural;
480 -- Find the first entry in Regexp that corresponds to a dead process that
481 -- wasn't Free-d yet. This function is called in general when Expect
482 -- (below) raises the exception Process_Died. This returns 0 if no process
486 (Result
: out Expect_Match
;
487 Regexps
: Multiprocess_Regexp_Array
;
488 Matched
: out GNAT
.Regpat
.Match_Array
;
489 Timeout
: Integer := 10_000
;
490 Full_Buffer
: Boolean := False);
491 -- Same as above, but for multi processes. Any of the entries in
492 -- Regexps can have a null Descriptor or Regexp. Such entries will
493 -- simply be ignored. Therefore when a process terminates, you can
494 -- simply reset its entry.
496 -- The expect loop would therefore look like:
498 -- Processes : Multiprocess_Regexp_Array (...) := ...;
501 -- while Has_Process (Processes) loop
503 -- Expect (Result, Processes, Timeout => -1);
504 -- ... process output of process Result (output, full buffer,...)
507 -- when Process_Died =>
509 -- R := First_Dead_Process (Processes);
510 -- Close (Processes (R).Descriptor.all, Status);
511 -- Free (Processes (R));
516 (Result
: out Expect_Match
;
517 Regexps
: Multiprocess_Regexp_Array
;
518 Timeout
: Integer := 10_000
;
519 Full_Buffer
: Boolean := False);
520 -- Same as the previous one, but for multiple processes. This procedure
521 -- finds the first regexp that match the associated process.
523 ------------------------
524 -- Getting the output --
525 ------------------------
528 (Descriptor
: in out Process_Descriptor
;
529 Timeout
: Integer := 0);
530 -- Discard all output waiting from the process.
532 -- This output is simply discarded, and no filter is called. This output
533 -- will also not be visible by the next call to Expect, nor will any output
534 -- currently buffered.
536 -- Timeout is the delay for which we wait for output to be available from
537 -- the process. If 0, we only get what is immediately available.
539 function Expect_Out
(Descriptor
: Process_Descriptor
) return String;
540 -- Return the string matched by the last Expect call.
542 -- The returned string is in fact the concatenation of all the strings read
543 -- from the file descriptor up to, and including, the characters that
544 -- matched the regular expression.
546 -- For instance, with an input "philosophic", and a regular expression "hi"
547 -- in the call to expect, the strings returned the first and second time
548 -- would be respectively "phi" and "losophi".
550 function Expect_Out_Match
(Descriptor
: Process_Descriptor
) return String;
551 -- Return the string matched by the last Expect call.
553 -- The returned string includes only the character that matched the
554 -- specific regular expression. All the characters that came before are
557 -- For instance, with an input "philosophic", and a regular expression
558 -- "hi" in the call to expect, the strings returned the first and second
559 -- time would both be "hi".
565 Invalid_Process
: exception;
566 -- Raised by most subprograms above when the parameter Descriptor is not a
567 -- valid process or is a closed process.
569 Process_Died
: exception;
570 -- Raised by all the expect subprograms if Descriptor was originally a
571 -- valid process that died while Expect was executing. It is also raised
572 -- when Expect receives an end-of-file.
575 type Filter_List_Elem
;
576 type Filter_List
is access Filter_List_Elem
;
577 type Filter_List_Elem
is record
578 Filter
: Filter_Function
;
579 User_Data
: System
.Address
;
580 Filter_On
: Filter_Type
;
584 type Pipe_Type
is record
585 Input
, Output
: GNAT
.OS_Lib
.File_Descriptor
;
587 -- This type represents a pipe, used to communicate between two processes
589 procedure Set_Up_Communications
590 (Pid
: in out Process_Descriptor
;
591 Err_To_Out
: Boolean;
592 Pipe1
: not null access Pipe_Type
;
593 Pipe2
: not null access Pipe_Type
;
594 Pipe3
: not null access Pipe_Type
);
595 -- Set up all the communication pipes and file descriptors prior to
596 -- spawning the child process.
598 procedure Set_Up_Parent_Communications
599 (Pid
: in out Process_Descriptor
;
600 Pipe1
: in out Pipe_Type
;
601 Pipe2
: in out Pipe_Type
;
602 Pipe3
: in out Pipe_Type
);
603 -- Finish the set up of the pipes while in the parent process
605 procedure Set_Up_Child_Communications
606 (Pid
: in out Process_Descriptor
;
607 Pipe1
: in out Pipe_Type
;
608 Pipe2
: in out Pipe_Type
;
609 Pipe3
: in out Pipe_Type
;
611 Args
: System
.Address
);
612 -- Finish the set up of the pipes while in the child process This also
613 -- spawns the child process (based on Cmd). On systems that support fork,
614 -- this procedure is executed inside the newly created process.
616 type Process_Descriptor
is tagged record
617 Pid
: aliased Process_Id
:= Invalid_Pid
;
618 Input_Fd
: GNAT
.OS_Lib
.File_Descriptor
:= GNAT
.OS_Lib
.Invalid_FD
;
619 Output_Fd
: GNAT
.OS_Lib
.File_Descriptor
:= GNAT
.OS_Lib
.Invalid_FD
;
620 Error_Fd
: GNAT
.OS_Lib
.File_Descriptor
:= GNAT
.OS_Lib
.Invalid_FD
;
621 Filters_Lock
: Integer := 0;
623 Filters
: Filter_List
:= null;
625 Buffer
: GNAT
.OS_Lib
.String_Access
:= null;
626 Buffer_Size
: Natural := 0;
627 Buffer_Index
: Natural := 0;
629 Last_Match_Start
: Natural := 0;
630 Last_Match_End
: Natural := 0;
633 -- The following subprogram is provided for use in the body, and also
634 -- possibly in future child units providing extensions to this package.
636 procedure Portable_Execvp
637 (Pid
: not null access Process_Id
;
639 Args
: System
.Address
);
640 pragma Import
(C
, Portable_Execvp
, "__gnat_expect_portable_execvp");
641 -- Executes, in a portable way, the command Cmd (full path must be
642 -- specified), with the given Args, which must be an array of string
643 -- pointers. Note that the first element in Args must be the executable
644 -- name, and the last element must be a null pointer. The returned value
645 -- in Pid is the process ID, or zero if not supported on the platform.