shithub: mc

ref: eb21d4f1381f73045c81df0840aa50df20515045
dir: /lib/std/spork.myr/

use "die"
use "execvp"
use "fmt"
use "result"
use "syswrap"
use "errno"

pkg std =
	const spork	: (cmd : byte[:][:]	-> result((pid, fd, fd), errno))
	const sporkfd	: (cmd : byte[:][:], infd : fd, outfd : fd	-> result(pid, errno))
;;

const spork = {cmd
	var infds  :fd[2], outfds : fd[2]
	var err

	/* open up pipes */
	err = pipe(&infds) 
	if err != Enone
		-> `Fail err
	;;
	err = pipe(&outfds)
	if err != Enone
		-> `Fail err
	;;

	match sporkfd(cmd, infds[0], outfds[1])
	| `Ok pid:
		/* close unused fd ends */
		close(infds[0]);
		close(outfds[1]);
		-> `Ok (pid, infds[1], outfds[0])
	| `Fail m:
		-> `Fail m
	;;
}

const sporkfd = {cmd, infd, outfd
	var pid, err

	pid = fork()
	/* error  */
	if pid < 0
		-> `Fail (pid : errno)
	/* child */
	elif pid == 0
		/* stdin/stdout for our communication. */
		match dup2(infd, 0)
		| `Ok _:	/* nothing */
		| `Fail e:	-> `Fail e
		;;
		match dup2(outfd, 1)
		| `Ok _:	/* nothing */
		| `Fail e:	-> `Fail e
		;;
		close(infd)
		close(outfd)
		err = execvp(cmd[0], cmd)
		if err != Enone
			-> `Fail err
		;;
		/* if fork succeeds, we never return */
		die("unreachable")
	/* parent */
	else
		-> `Ok pid
	;;
}