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+/*
+    This file is part of the KDE libraries
+
+    Copyright (C) 2007 Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi@kde.org>
+
+    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+    modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+    Library General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
+    along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
+    the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+    Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+*/
+
+#include "kprocess_p.h"
+
+#include <qfile.h>
+
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+# include <windows.h>
+#else
+# include <unistd.h>
+# include <errno.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifndef Q_OS_WIN
+# define STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE 1
+# define STD_ERROR_HANDLE 2
+#endif
+
+#ifdef _WIN32_WCE
+#include <stdio.h>
+#endif
+
+void KProcessPrivate::writeAll(const QByteArray &buf, int fd)
+{
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+#ifndef _WIN32_WCE
+    HANDLE h = GetStdHandle(fd);
+    if (h) {
+        DWORD wr;
+        WriteFile(h, buf.data(), buf.size(), &wr, 0);
+    }
+#else
+    fwrite(buf.data(), 1, buf.size(), (FILE*)fd);
+#endif
+#else
+    int off = 0;
+    do {
+        int ret = ::write(fd, buf.data() + off, buf.size() - off);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            if (errno != EINTR)
+                return;
+        } else {
+            off += ret;
+        }
+    } while (off < buf.size());
+#endif
+}
+
+void KProcessPrivate::forwardStd(KProcess::ProcessChannel good, int fd)
+{
+    Q_Q(KProcess);
+
+    QProcess::ProcessChannel oc = q->readChannel();
+    q->setReadChannel(good);
+    writeAll(q->readAll(), fd);
+    q->setReadChannel(oc);
+}
+
+void KProcessPrivate::_k_forwardStdout()
+{
+#ifndef _WIN32_WCE
+    forwardStd(KProcess::StandardOutput, STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
+#else
+    forwardStd(KProcess::StandardOutput, (int)stdout);
+#endif
+}
+
+void KProcessPrivate::_k_forwardStderr()
+{
+#ifndef _WIN32_WCE
+    forwardStd(KProcess::StandardError, STD_ERROR_HANDLE);
+#else
+    forwardStd(KProcess::StandardError, (int)stderr);
+#endif
+}
+
+/////////////////////////////
+// public member functions //
+/////////////////////////////
+
+KProcess::KProcess(QObject *parent) :
+    QProcess(parent),
+    d_ptr(new KProcessPrivate)
+{
+    d_ptr->q_ptr = this;
+    setOutputChannelMode(ForwardedChannels);
+}
+
+KProcess::KProcess(KProcessPrivate *d, QObject *parent) :
+    QProcess(parent),
+    d_ptr(d)
+{
+    d_ptr->q_ptr = this;
+    setOutputChannelMode(ForwardedChannels);
+}
+
+KProcess::~KProcess()
+{
+    delete d_ptr;
+}
+
+void KProcess::setOutputChannelMode(OutputChannelMode mode)
+{
+    Q_D(KProcess);
+
+    d->outputChannelMode = mode;
+    disconnect(this, SIGNAL(readyReadStandardOutput()));
+    disconnect(this, SIGNAL(readyReadStandardError()));
+    switch (mode) {
+    case OnlyStdoutChannel:
+        connect(this, SIGNAL(readyReadStandardError()), SLOT(_k_forwardStderr()));
+        break;
+    case OnlyStderrChannel:
+        connect(this, SIGNAL(readyReadStandardOutput()), SLOT(_k_forwardStdout()));
+        break;
+    default:
+        QProcess::setProcessChannelMode((ProcessChannelMode)mode);
+        return;
+    }
+    QProcess::setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::SeparateChannels);
+}
+
+KProcess::OutputChannelMode KProcess::outputChannelMode() const
+{
+    Q_D(const KProcess);
+
+    return d->outputChannelMode;
+}
+
+void KProcess::setNextOpenMode(QIODevice::OpenMode mode)
+{
+    Q_D(KProcess);
+
+    d->openMode = mode;
+}
+
+#define DUMMYENV "_KPROCESS_DUMMY_="
+
+void KProcess::clearEnvironment()
+{
+    setEnvironment(QStringList() << QString::fromLatin1(DUMMYENV));
+}
+
+void KProcess::setEnv(const QString &name, const QString &value, bool overwrite)
+{
+    QStringList env = environment();
+    if (env.isEmpty()) {
+        env = systemEnvironment();
+        env.removeAll(QString::fromLatin1(DUMMYENV));
+    }
+    QString fname(name);
+    fname.append(QLatin1Char('='));
+    for (QStringList::Iterator it = env.begin(); it != env.end(); ++it)
+        if ((*it).startsWith(fname)) {
+            if (overwrite) {
+                *it = fname.append(value);
+                setEnvironment(env);
+            }
+            return;
+        }
+    env.append(fname.append(value));
+    setEnvironment(env);
+}
+
+void KProcess::unsetEnv(const QString &name)
+{
+    QStringList env = environment();
+    if (env.isEmpty()) {
+        env = systemEnvironment();
+        env.removeAll(QString::fromLatin1(DUMMYENV));
+    }
+    QString fname(name);
+    fname.append(QLatin1Char('='));
+    for (QStringList::Iterator it = env.begin(); it != env.end(); ++it)
+        if ((*it).startsWith(fname)) {
+            env.erase(it);
+            if (env.isEmpty())
+                env.append(QString::fromLatin1(DUMMYENV));
+            setEnvironment(env);
+            return;
+        }
+}
+
+void KProcess::setProgram(const QString &exe, const QStringList &args)
+{
+    Q_D(KProcess);
+
+    d->prog = exe;
+    d->args = args;
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+    setNativeArguments(QString());
+#endif
+}
+
+void KProcess::setProgram(const QStringList &argv)
+{
+    Q_D(KProcess);
+
+    Q_ASSERT( !argv.isEmpty() );
+    d->args = argv;
+    d->prog = d->args.takeFirst();
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+    setNativeArguments(QString());
+#endif
+}
+
+KProcess &KProcess::operator<<(const QString &arg)
+{
+    Q_D(KProcess);
+
+    if (d->prog.isEmpty())
+        d->prog = arg;
+    else
+        d->args << arg;
+    return *this;
+}
+
+KProcess &KProcess::operator<<(const QStringList &args)
+{
+    Q_D(KProcess);
+
+    if (d->prog.isEmpty())
+        setProgram(args);
+    else
+        d->args << args;
+    return *this;
+}
+
+void KProcess::clearProgram()
+{
+    Q_D(KProcess);
+
+    d->prog.clear();
+    d->args.clear();
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+    setNativeArguments(QString());
+#endif
+}
+
+void KProcess::setShellCommand(const QString &cmd)
+{
+    Q_D(KProcess);
+    d->args.clear();
+    d->prog = QString::fromLatin1("/bin/sh");
+    d->args << QString::fromLatin1("-c") << cmd;
+}
+
+QStringList KProcess::program() const
+{
+    Q_D(const KProcess);
+
+    QStringList argv = d->args;
+    argv.prepend(d->prog);
+    return argv;
+}
+
+void KProcess::start()
+{
+    Q_D(KProcess);
+
+    QProcess::start(d->prog, d->args, d->openMode);
+}
+
+int KProcess::execute(int msecs)
+{
+    start();
+    if (!waitForFinished(msecs)) {
+        kill();
+        waitForFinished(-1);
+        return -2;
+    }
+    return (exitStatus() == QProcess::NormalExit) ? exitCode() : -1;
+}
+
+// static
+int KProcess::execute(const QString &exe, const QStringList &args, int msecs)
+{
+    KProcess p;
+    p.setProgram(exe, args);
+    return p.execute(msecs);
+}
+
+// static
+int KProcess::execute(const QStringList &argv, int msecs)
+{
+    KProcess p;
+    p.setProgram(argv);
+    return p.execute(msecs);
+}
+
+int KProcess::startDetached()
+{
+    Q_D(KProcess);
+
+    qint64 pid;
+    if (!QProcess::startDetached(d->prog, d->args, workingDirectory(), &pid))
+        return 0;
+    return (int) pid;
+}
+
+// static
+int KProcess::startDetached(const QString &exe, const QStringList &args)
+{
+    qint64 pid;
+    if (!QProcess::startDetached(exe, args, QString(), &pid))
+        return 0;
+    return (int) pid;
+}
+
+// static
+int KProcess::startDetached(const QStringList &argv)
+{
+    QStringList args = argv;
+    QString prog = args.takeFirst();
+    return startDetached(prog, args);
+}
+
+int KProcess::pid() const
+{
+#ifdef Q_OS_UNIX
+    return (int) QProcess::pid();
+#else
+    return QProcess::pid() ? QProcess::pid()->dwProcessId : 0;
+#endif
+}
+