source: tags/gsdl-2_30d-distribution/gsdl/lib/gsdltools.h@ 2308

Last change on this file since 2308 was 1817, checked in by sjboddie, 23 years ago

Completely overhauled the way system calls are made on windows (i.e.
the gsdl_system() function), in the process removing the old gsdl_call_perl
function. Greenstone can now spawn console applications without the
annoying popup window so the collector is a little smoother and prettier.
Unfortunately, the old problem with the web library/apache server not
updating the browser page before a spawned process completes has again
reared its head. This seems the lesser of two evils though as the local
library is (hopefully) the version that the large majority of windows
users will use. I'll have another go at fixing the web library when I have
a chance.

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1/**********************************************************************
2 *
3 * gsdltools.h --
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
27#ifndef GSDLTOOLS_H
28#define GSDLTOOLS_H
29
30// don't actually use this but some windows
31// versions of STL complain about use of
32// bool keyword without it
33#include "text_t.h"
34
35// returns true if machine is little endian
36bool littleEndian();
37
38// escapes '\' and '_' characters with '\'
39// note that single '\' characters occurring
40// naturally within text (or filenames!!) will
41// be removed by the dm macro language
42text_t dm_safe (const text_t &instring);
43
44// gsdl_system creates a new process for the cmd command (which
45// may contain arguments).
46// cmd should contain the full path of the program to run.
47// The child process inherits the environment of the calling
48// process.
49// If sync is true a synchronous call will be made, otherwise
50// an asyncronous call.
51// If sync is true the return value will be the exit code of
52// the child process or -1 if the child process wasn't started.
53// If sync is false the return value will be 0 if the process
54// was started ok or -1 if it failed.
55int gsdl_system (const text_t &cmd, bool sync, ostream &logout);
56
57// attempts to work out if perl is functional
58bool perl_ok (ostream &logout);
59
60#endif
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