source: gsdl/trunk/common-src/src/lib/gsdltools.cpp@ 17065

Last change on this file since 17065 was 16949, checked in by davidb, 16 years ago

Wrong variable used in putenv(). Needed to put 'putpath' not 'path'

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1/**********************************************************************
2 *
3 * gsdltools.cpp --
4 * A component of the Greenstone digital library software
5 * from the New Zealand Digital Library Project at the
6 * University of Waikato, New Zealand.
7 *
8 * Copyright (C) 1999 The New Zealand Digital Library Project
9 *
10 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
11 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
12 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
13 * (at your option) any later version.
14 *
15 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
16 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
17 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
18 * GNU General Public License for more details.
19 *
20 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
21 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
22 * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
23 *
24 *********************************************************************/
25
26#include "gsdltools.h"
27#include "fileutil.h"
28
29
30#if defined(GSDL_USE_OBJECTSPACE)
31# include <ospace/std/iostream>
32#elif defined(GSDL_USE_IOS_H)
33# include <iostream.h>
34#else
35# include <iostream>
36using namespace std;
37#endif
38
39
40#if defined(__WIN32__)
41#include <windows.h>
42#include <process.h>
43#endif
44
45#if !defined (__WIN32__)
46#include <sys/utsname.h>
47#include <unistd.h>
48#endif
49
50
51bool littleEndian() {
52 char s[2] = {'\xFE', '\xEF'};
53
54 if (sizeof(unsigned short) == 2)
55 return *(unsigned short*)s == 0xEFFE;
56 else if (sizeof(unsigned int) == 2)
57 return *(unsigned int*)s == 0xEFFE;
58}
59
60text_t dm_safe (const text_t &instring) {
61
62 text_t outstring;
63 text_t::const_iterator here = instring.begin();
64 text_t::const_iterator end = instring.end();
65 while (here != end) {
66 if (*here == '_' || *here == '\\') outstring.push_back('\\');
67 outstring.push_back(*here);
68 ++here;
69 }
70 return outstring;
71}
72
73void dm_js_safe(const text_t &instring, text_t &outstring)
74{
75 text_t::const_iterator here = instring.begin();
76 text_t::const_iterator end = instring.end();
77 while (here != end) {
78 if (*here == '_') outstring.push_back('\\');
79 else if (*here == '\\' || *here == '\'') {
80 outstring.push_back('\\');
81 outstring.push_back('\\');
82 }
83 outstring.push_back(*here);
84 ++here;
85 }
86}
87
88// gsdl_system creates a new process for the cmd command (which
89// may contain arguments).
90// cmd should contain the full path of the program to run.
91// The child process inherits the environment of the calling
92// process.
93// If sync is true a synchronous call will be made, otherwise
94// an asyncronous call.
95// If sync is true the return value will be the exit code of
96// the child process or -1 if the child process wasn't started.
97// If sync is false the return value will be 0 if the process
98// was started ok or -1 if it failed.
99int gsdl_system (const text_t &cmd, bool sync, ostream &logout) {
100 if (cmd.empty()) return -1;
101 char *cmd_c = cmd.getcstr();
102
103#if defined (__WIN32__)
104 // the windows version - this is implemented this way
105 // to prevent windows popping up all over the place when
106 // we call a console application (like perl)
107 STARTUPINFO ps = {sizeof(STARTUPINFO), NULL, NULL, NULL,
108 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
109 0, STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW,
110 SW_HIDE, 0, NULL,
111 NULL, NULL, NULL};
112 PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
113 BOOL res = CreateProcess(NULL,
114 cmd_c,
115 NULL,
116 NULL,
117 FALSE,
118#if defined (GSDL_LOCAL_LIBRARY)
119 NULL,
120#else
121 DETACHED_PROCESS,
122#endif
123 NULL,
124 NULL,
125 &ps,
126 &pi);
127 if (!res) {
128 logout << "gsdl_system failed to start " << cmd_c
129 << " process, error code " << GetLastError();
130 delete []cmd_c;
131 return -1;
132 }
133
134 DWORD ret = 0;
135 if (sync) { // synchronous system call
136 // wait until child process exits.
137 WaitForSingleObject(pi.hProcess, INFINITE);
138 // set ret to exit code of child process
139 GetExitCodeProcess(pi.hProcess, &ret);
140 }
141
142 CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);
143 CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
144
145#else
146 // the unix version
147 int ret = 0;
148 if (sync) { // synchronous system call
149 // make sure the command interpreter is found
150 if (system (NULL) == 0) {
151 logout << "gsdl_system failed to start " << cmd_c
152 << " process, command interpreter not found\n";
153 delete []cmd_c;
154 return -1;
155 }
156 ret = system (cmd_c);
157
158 } else { // asynchronous system call
159 int pid = fork();
160 if (pid == -1) {
161 delete []cmd_c;
162 return -1;
163 }
164 if (pid == 0) {
165 // child process
166 char *argv[4];
167 argv[0] = "sh";
168 argv[1] = "-c";
169 argv[2] = cmd_c;
170 argv[3] = 0;
171 execv("/bin/sh", argv);
172 }
173 }
174#endif
175
176 delete []cmd_c;
177 return ret;
178}
179
180
181static bool gsdl_setenv_done = false;
182static char* retain_gsdlosc = NULL;
183static char* retain_gsdlhomec = NULL;
184static char* retain_pathc = NULL;
185
186bool set_gsdl_env_vars (const text_t& gsdlhome)
187{
188 if (gsdl_setenv_done) { return true; }
189
190 // set up GSDLOS, GSDLHOME and PATH environment variables
191
192 text_t gsdlos, path;
193 unsigned int path_separator = ':';
194
195#if defined (__WIN32__)
196 gsdlos = "windows";
197 path_separator = ';';
198
199 path = filename_cat (gsdlhome, "bin", "windows", "perl", "bin;");
200
201#else
202 struct utsname *buf = new struct utsname();
203 int i = uname (buf);
204 if (i == -1) gsdlos = "linux"; // uname failed, default to linux
205 else gsdlos.setcstr (buf->sysname);
206 delete buf;
207 lc (gsdlos);
208#endif
209
210 // according to getenv documentation (after a bit of digging), *getenv*
211 // is responsible for the char* pointer returned, so no need for us
212 // to free it (in fact that would be a mistake!)
213
214 char* orig_pathc = getenv ("PATH");
215 path += filename_cat (gsdlhome, "bin", gsdlos);
216 path.push_back (path_separator);
217 path += filename_cat (gsdlhome, "bin", "script");
218 if (orig_pathc != NULL) {
219 path.push_back (path_separator);
220 path += orig_pathc;
221 }
222
223 text_t putpath = "PATH=" + path;
224 text_t putgsdlos = "GSDLOS=" + gsdlos;
225 text_t putgsdlhome = "GSDLHOME=" + gsdlhome;
226
227 retain_gsdlosc = putgsdlos.getcstr();
228 retain_gsdlhomec = putgsdlhome.getcstr();
229 retain_pathc = putpath.getcstr();
230
231 if ((putenv(retain_gsdlosc)!=0) || (putenv(retain_gsdlhomec)!=0)
232 || (putenv(retain_pathc)!=0))
233 {
234 // Would be better if the ostream& logout was used here.
235 cerr << "Error setting Greenstone environment variables with putenv()" << endl;
236 // perror("putenv(...): "); // This didn't yield any noticable output under Windows running local library server
237 return false;
238 }
239
240 // Need to keep memory allocated setgsdlosc, setgsdlhomec or pathc around
241 // (i.e. can't delete them). This is because putenv() doesn't take
242 // a copy, but places them in the actual environment.
243
244 gsdl_setenv_done = true;
245
246 return true;
247}
248
249
250
251// attempts to work out if perl is functional
252bool perl_ok (ostream &logout) {
253#if defined(__WIN32__)
254 text_t cmd = "perl -e \"exit 0\"";
255#else
256 text_t cmd = "perl -e 'exit 0'";
257#endif
258 int i = gsdl_system (cmd, true, logout);
259 return (i == 0);
260}
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