mrw-cxx/mrw/exec.cpp

#include <mrw/exec.hpp>
#include <mrw/unistd.hpp>
#include <sys/wait.h> // waitpid
#include <unistd.h> // fork, exec
#include <string.h>  // memcpy

mrw::ExecutionFailedExc::ExecutionFailedExc(const std::string& w,
                                            const std::string& c)
  throw(std::bad_exception):
  _what(std::string("mrw::Exec: command execution failed\n")+
        std::string("           failed command was: \""+c+"\"\n")+
        std::string("           error was: \"")+w+'"') {
  /**
      @c what looks like:
      @verbatim
      mrw::Exec: command execution failed
                 failed command was: "/bin/OOOOPS -v -q --crash"
                 error was: "execution failed"
      @endverbatim
  */
}

mrw::Cmd::Cmd(const std::string& c) throw(std::bad_exception) {
  _cmd.push_back(c);
}

mrw::Cmd& mrw::Cmd::operator,(const std::string& arg)
  throw(std::bad_exception) {
  _cmd.push_back(arg);
  return *this;
}

mrw::Cmd& mrw::Cmd::operator<<(const std::string& arg)
  throw(std::bad_exception) {
  _cmd.push_back(arg);
  return *this;
}

mrw::Cmd::operator std::string() const throw(std::bad_exception) {
  ArgList::const_iterator it(_cmd.begin());
  std::string c(*it);
  while (++it!=_cmd.end()) c+=' '+*it;
  return c;
}

mrw::Cmd::operator mrw::Exec() const throw(std::bad_exception) {
  return mrw::Exec(*this);
}

mrw::Exec mrw::Cmd::execute(bool throwExc) const throw(mrw::exception) {
  return mrw::Exec(*this).execute(throwExc);
}

const char* mrw::Cmd::path() const throw(std::bad_exception) {
  return _cmd.front().c_str();
}
char** mrw::Cmd::args() const throw(std::bad_exception) {
  if (_cmd.size()==0) return 0;
  char** array = new char*[_cmd.size()+1];
  int i(0);
  for (ArgList::const_iterator it(_cmd.begin()); it!=_cmd.end(); ++it)
    memcpy(array[i++]=new char[it->size()+1], it->c_str(), it->size()+1);
  array[i] = 0;
  return array;
}

mrw::Exec::Exec(const mrw::Cmd& c) throw(std::bad_exception):
  _cmd(new mrw::Cmd(c)), _success(false) {
}

mrw::Exec::Exec(const mrw::Exec& e) throw(std::bad_exception):
  _cmd(new mrw::Cmd(*e._cmd)),
  _res(e._res), _err(e._err), _success(e._success) {
}

mrw::Exec::~Exec() throw() {
  delete _cmd;
}

mrw::Exec& mrw::Exec::operator=(const mrw::Exec& e) throw(std::bad_exception) {
  if (this==&e) return *this;
  *_cmd=*e._cmd; _res=e._res; _err=e._err; _success=e._success;
  return *this;
}

mrw::Exec& mrw::Exec::execute(bool throwExc) throw(mrw::exception) {
  /** This method calls @c fork, sets up a pipe connection to pass @c
      stdot and @c stderr from the child process to the parent process
      using mrw::pipe and calls @c execvp to execute the program. */
  _success = false;
  _res = _err = "";
  mrw::pipe stdout, stderr;
  if (!stdout || !stderr)
    throw mrw::ExecutionFailedExc("cannot create pipe", *_cmd);
  pid_t pid(fork());
  if (pid<0)
    throw ExecutionFailedExc("cannot fork", *_cmd);
  if (pid) { // parent
    stdout.close_out();
    stderr.close_out();
    if (!stdout || !stderr)
      throw ExecutionFailedExc("cannot close pipe", *_cmd);
    int num1(0), num2(0);
    for (char buf1[4096], buf2[4096];
         (num1=read(stdout.istream(), buf1, sizeof(buf1)))>0 ||
           num1==-1 && errno==EINTR ||
           (num2=read(stderr.istream(), buf2, sizeof(buf2)))>0 ||
           num2==-1 && errno==EINTR;
         _res += std::string(buf1, num1), _err += std::string(buf2, num2));
    if (num1==-1 || num2==-1)
      throw ExecutionFailedExc("cannot_ read pipe", *_cmd);
    // wait for child to get return code
    int s(0);
    if (waitpid(pid, &s, 0)!=pid || WIFEXITED(s)!=0 && WEXITSTATUS(s)!=0) {
      if (throwExc) {
        throw ExecutionFailedExc("execution failed", *_cmd);
      } else {
        _success = false;
        return *this;
      }
    }
  } else { // child
    stdout.close_in();
    stderr.close_in();
    stdout.connect_cout();
    stderr.connect_cerr();
    execvp(_cmd->path(), _cmd->args());
    exit(1); // execute failed
  }
  _success = true;
  return *this;
}

mrw::Exec& mrw::Exec::operator>>(std::string& res) throw(mrw::exception) {
  execute();
  res += _res;
  return *this;
}

mrw::Exec::operator std::string&() throw(mrw::exception) {
  if (!_success) execute();
  return _res;
}

mrw::Exec::operator bool() throw(std::bad_exception) {
  return _success;
}

std::string& mrw::Exec::result() throw(mrw::exception) {
  if (!_success) execute();
  return _res;
}

std::string& mrw::Exec::error() throw(mrw::exception) {
  if (!_success) execute();
  return _err;
}

bool mrw::Exec::success() throw(std::bad_exception) {
  return _success;
}