/********************************************************************** * * gsdltools.cpp -- * A component of the Greenstone digital library software * from the New Zealand Digital Library Project at the * University of Waikato, New Zealand. * * Copyright (C) 1999 The New Zealand Digital Library Project * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. * *********************************************************************/ #include "gsdltools.h" #if defined(__WIN32__) #include #include #endif bool littleEndian() { char s[2] = {'\xFE', '\xEF'}; if (sizeof(unsigned short) == 2) return *(unsigned short*)s == 0xEFFE; else if (sizeof(unsigned int) == 2) return *(unsigned int*)s == 0xEFFE; } text_t dm_safe (const text_t &instring) { text_t outstring; text_t::const_iterator here = instring.begin(); text_t::const_iterator end = instring.end(); while (here != end) { if (*here == '_' || *here == '\\') outstring.push_back('\\'); outstring.push_back(*here); here ++; } return outstring; } // gsdl_system creates a new process for the cmd command (which // may contain arguments). // cmd should contain the full path of the program to run. // The child process inherits the environment of the calling // process. // If sync is true a synchronous call will be made, otherwise // an asyncronous call. // If sync is true the return value will be the exit code of // the child process or -1 if the child process wasn't started. // If sync is false the return value will be 0 if the process // was started ok or -1 if it failed. int gsdl_system (const text_t &cmd, bool sync, ostream &logout) { if (cmd.empty()) return -1; char *cmd_c = cmd.getcstr(); #if defined (__WIN32__) // the windows version - this is implemented this way // to prevent windows popping up all over the place when // we call a console application (like perl) STARTUPINFO ps = {sizeof(STARTUPINFO), NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW, SW_HIDE, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL}; PROCESS_INFORMATION pi; BOOL res = CreateProcess(NULL, cmd_c, NULL, NULL, FALSE, #if defined (GSDL_LOCAL_LIBRARY) NULL, #else DETACHED_PROCESS, #endif NULL, NULL, &ps, &pi); if (!res) { logout << "gsdl_system failed to start " << cmd_c << " process, error code " << GetLastError(); delete cmd_c; return -1; } DWORD ret = 0; if (sync) { // synchronous system call // wait until child process exits. WaitForSingleObject(pi.hProcess, INFINITE); // set ret to exit code of child process GetExitCodeProcess(pi.hProcess, &ret); } CloseHandle(pi.hProcess); CloseHandle(pi.hThread); #else // the unix version int ret = 0; if (sync) { // synchronous system call // make sure the command interpreter is found if (system (NULL) == 0) { logout << "gsdl_system failed to start " << cmd_c << " process, command interpreter not found\n"; delete cmd_c; return -1; } ret = system (cmd_c); } else { // asynchronous system call int pid = fork(); if (pid == -1) { delete cmd_c; return -1; } if (pid == 0) { // child process char *argv[4]; argv[0] = "sh"; argv[1] = "-c"; argv[2] = cmd_c; argv[3] = 0; execv("/bin/sh", argv); } } #endif delete cmd_c; return ret; } // attempts to work out if perl is functional bool perl_ok (ostream &logout) { #if defined(__WIN32__) text_t cmd = "perl -e \"exit 0\""; #else text_t cmd = "perl -e 'exit 0'"; #endif; int i = gsdl_system (cmd, true, logout); return (i == 0); }