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64 lines
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@deftypefn Extension int pexecute (const char *@var{program}, char * const *@var{argv}, const char *@var{this_pname}, const char *@var{temp_base}, char **@var{errmsg_fmt}, char **@var{errmsg_arg}, int flags)
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Executes a program.
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@var{program} and @var{argv} are the arguments to
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@code{execv}/@code{execvp}.
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@var{this_pname} is name of the calling program (i.e., @code{argv[0]}).
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@var{temp_base} is the path name, sans suffix, of a temporary file to
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use if needed. This is currently only needed for MS-DOS ports that
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don't use @code{go32} (do any still exist?). Ports that don't need it
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can pass @code{NULL}.
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(@code{@var{flags} & PEXECUTE_SEARCH}) is non-zero if @env{PATH}
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should be searched (??? It's not clear that GCC passes this flag
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correctly). (@code{@var{flags} & PEXECUTE_FIRST}) is nonzero for the
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first process in chain. (@code{@var{flags} & PEXECUTE_FIRST}) is
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nonzero for the last process in chain. The first/last flags could be
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simplified to only mark the last of a chain of processes but that
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requires the caller to always mark the last one (and not give up
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early if some error occurs). It's more robust to require the caller
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to mark both ends of the chain.
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The result is the pid on systems like Unix where we
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@code{fork}/@code{exec} and on systems like WIN32 and OS/2 where we
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use @code{spawn}. It is up to the caller to wait for the child.
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The result is the @code{WEXITSTATUS} on systems like MS-DOS where we
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@code{spawn} and wait for the child here.
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Upon failure, @var{errmsg_fmt} and @var{errmsg_arg} are set to the
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text of the error message with an optional argument (if not needed,
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@var{errmsg_arg} is set to @code{NULL}), and @minus{}1 is returned.
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@code{errno} is available to the caller to use.
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@end deftypefn
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@deftypefn Extension int pwait (int @var{pid}, int *@var{status}, int @var{flags})
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Waits for a program started by @code{pexecute} to finish.
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@var{pid} is the process id of the task to wait for. @var{status} is
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the `status' argument to wait. @var{flags} is currently unused
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(allows future enhancement without breaking upward compatibility).
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Pass 0 for now.
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The result is the pid of the child reaped, or -1 for failure
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(@code{errno} says why).
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On systems that don't support waiting for a particular child,
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@var{pid} is ignored. On systems like MS-DOS that don't really
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multitask @code{pwait} is just a mechanism to provide a consistent
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interface for the caller.
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@end deftypefn
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@undocumented pfinish
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pfinish: finish generation of script
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pfinish is necessary for systems like MPW where a script is generated
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that runs the requested programs.
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