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1 /* Save and restore the working directory, possibly using a subprocess.
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3 Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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5 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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6 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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7 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
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8 any later version.
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10 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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13 GNU General Public License for more details.
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15 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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16 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
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17 Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
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19 /* Written by Paul Eggert. */
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20
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21 #ifndef SAVEWD_H
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22 # define SAVEWD_H 1
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23
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24 #include <stdbool.h>
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25 #include <sys/types.h>
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26
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27 /* A saved working directory. The member names and constants defined
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28 by this structure are private to the savewd module. */
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29 struct savewd
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30 {
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31 /* The state of this object. */
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32 enum
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33 {
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34 /* This object has been created but does not yet represent
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35 the working directory. */
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36 INITIAL_STATE,
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37
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38 /* val.fd is the original working directory's file descriptor.
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39 It is still the working directory. */
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40 FD_STATE,
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41
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42 /* Like FD_STATE, but the working directory has changed, so
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43 restoring it will require a fchdir. */
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44 FD_POST_CHDIR_STATE,
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45
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46 /* Fork and let the subprocess do the work. val.child is 0 in a
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47 child, negative in a childless parent, and the child process
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48 ID in a parent with a child. */
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49 FORKING_STATE,
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50
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51 /* A serious problem argues against further efforts. val.errnum
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52 contains the error number (e.g., EIO). */
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53 ERROR_STATE,
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54
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55 /* savewd_finish has been called, so the application no longer
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56 cares whether the working directory is saved, and there is no
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57 more work to do. */
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58 FINAL_STATE
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59 } state;
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60
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61 /* The object's value. */
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62 union
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63 {
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64 int fd;
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65 int errnum;
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66 pid_t child;
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67 } val;
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68 };
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69
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70 /* Initialize a saved working directory object. */
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71 static inline void
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72 savewd_init (struct savewd *wd)
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73 {
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74 wd->state = INITIAL_STATE;
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75 }
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77
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78 /* Options for savewd_chdir. */
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79 enum
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80 {
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81 /* Do not follow symbolic links, if supported. */
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82 SAVEWD_CHDIR_NOFOLLOW = 1,
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83
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84 /* The directory should be readable, so fail if it happens to be
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85 discovered that the directory is not readable. (Unreadable
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86 directories are not necessarily diagnosed, though.) */
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87 SAVEWD_CHDIR_READABLE = 2,
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88
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89 /* Do not chdir if the directory is readable; simply succeed
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90 without invoking chdir if the directory was opened. */
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91 SAVEWD_CHDIR_SKIP_READABLE = 4
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92 };
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93
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94 /* Change the directory, and if successful, record into *WD the fact
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95 that the process chdired into DIR. A process using this module
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96 should use savewd_chdir rather than chdir or fchdir. Obey the
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97 options specified in OPTIONS.
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98
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99 If OPEN_RESULT is not null, store into OPEN_RESULT[0] a file
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100 descriptor that accesses DIR if a file descriptor is successfully
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101 obtained. Store -1 otherwise, setting OPEN_RESULT[1] to the error
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102 number. Store through OPEN_RESULT regardless of whether the chdir
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103 is successful. However, when -2 is returned, the contents of
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104 OPEN_RESULT are indeterminate since the file descriptor is closed
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105 in the parent.
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106
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107 Return -2 if a subprocess was spun off to do the real work, -1
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108 (setting errno) if unsuccessful, 0 if successful. */
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109 int savewd_chdir (struct savewd *wd, char const *dir, int options,
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110 int open_result[2]);
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111
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112 /* Restore the working directory from *WD. STATUS indicates the exit
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113 status corresponding to the work done since the last save; this is
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114 used when the caller is in a subprocess. Return 0 if successful,
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115 -1 (setting errno) on our failure, a positive subprocess exit
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116 status if the working directory was restored in the parent but the
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117 subprocess failed. */
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118 int savewd_restore (struct savewd *wd, int status);
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119
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120 /* Return WD's error number, or 0 if WD is not in an error state. */
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121 static inline int
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122 savewd_errno (struct savewd const *wd)
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123 {
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124 return (wd->state == ERROR_STATE ? wd->val.errnum : 0);
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125 }
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126
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127 /* Deallocate any resources associated with WD. A program that chdirs
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128 should restore before finishing. */
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129 void savewd_finish (struct savewd *wd);
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130
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131 /* Process N_FILES file names, FILE[0] through FILE[N_FILES - 1].
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132 For each file name F, call ACT (F, WD, OPTIONS); ACT should invoke
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133 savewd_chdir as needed, and should return an exit status. WD
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134 represents the working directory; it may be in an error state when
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135 ACT is called.
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136
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137 Save and restore the working directory as needed by the file name
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138 vector; assume that ACT does not require access to any relative
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139 file names other than its first argument, and that it is OK if the
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140 working directory is changed when this function returns. Some
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141 actions may be applied in a subprocess.
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142
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143 Return the maximum exit status that any call to ACT returned, or
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144 EXIT_SUCCESS (i.e., 0) if no calls were made. */
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145 int savewd_process_files (int n_files, char **file,
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146 int (*act) (char *, struct savewd *, void *),
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147 void *options);
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148
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149 #endif