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-rw-r--r--src/drivers/Posix/Fl_Posix_System_Driver.cxx82
1 files changed, 80 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/drivers/Posix/Fl_Posix_System_Driver.cxx b/src/drivers/Posix/Fl_Posix_System_Driver.cxx
index 20b7aef28..75df02e7a 100644
--- a/src/drivers/Posix/Fl_Posix_System_Driver.cxx
+++ b/src/drivers/Posix/Fl_Posix_System_Driver.cxx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
//
-// Definition of Apple Darwin system driver.
+// Definition of Posix system driver (used by both the X11 and macOS platforms).
//
-// Copyright 1998-2020 by Bill Spitzak and others.
+// Copyright 1998-2021 by Bill Spitzak and others.
//
// This library is free software. Distribution and use rights are outlined in
// the file "COPYING" which should have been included with this file. If this
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@
#include <pwd.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <time.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <errno.h>
//
// Define missing POSIX/XPG4 macros as needed...
@@ -93,3 +98,76 @@ void Fl_Posix_System_Driver::gettime(time_t *sec, int *usec) {
*sec = tv.tv_sec;
*usec = tv.tv_usec;
}
+
+// Run the specified program, returning 1 on success and 0 on failure
+int Fl_Posix_System_Driver::run_program(const char *program, char **argv, char *msg, int msglen) {
+ pid_t pid; // Process ID of first child
+ int status; // Exit status from first child
+ sigset_t set, oldset; // Signal masks
+
+
+ // Block SIGCHLD while we run the program...
+ //
+ // Note that I only use the POSIX signal APIs, however older operating
+ // systems may either not support POSIX signals or have side effects.
+ // IRIX, for example, provides three separate and incompatible signal
+ // APIs, so it is possible that an application setting a signal handler
+ // via signal() or sigset() will not have its SIGCHLD signals blocked...
+
+ sigemptyset(&set);
+ sigaddset(&set, SIGCHLD);
+ sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &set, &oldset);
+
+ // Create child processes that actually run the program for us...
+ if ((pid = fork()) == 0) {
+ // First child comes here, fork a second child and exit...
+ if (!fork()) {
+ // Second child comes here, redirect stdin/out/err to /dev/null...
+ close(0);
+ ::open("/dev/null", O_RDONLY);
+
+ close(1);
+ ::open("/dev/null", O_WRONLY);
+
+ close(2);
+ ::open("/dev/null", O_WRONLY);
+
+ // Detach from the current process group...
+ setsid();
+
+ // Run the program...
+ execv(program, argv);
+ _exit(0);
+ } else {
+ // First child gets here, exit immediately...
+ _exit(0);
+ }
+ } else if (pid < 0) {
+ // Restore signal handling...
+ sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &oldset, NULL);
+
+ // Return indicating failure...
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ // Wait for the first child to exit...
+ while (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) < 0) {
+ if (errno != EINTR) {
+ // Someone else grabbed the child status...
+ if (msg) snprintf(msg, msglen, "waitpid(%ld) failed: %s", (long)pid,
+ strerror(errno));
+
+ // Restore signal handling...
+ sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &oldset, NULL);
+
+ // Return indicating failure...
+ return 0;
+ }
+ }
+
+ // Restore signal handling...
+ sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &oldset, NULL);
+
+ // Return indicating success...
+ return 1;
+}