Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 05:06:08 +0900
From: Ferenc Engard <
[email protected]>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby
Subject: controlling external process' stdin/stdout AND getting its
return value
Hi all,
I want total control over an external process, i.e. handle its
stdin/stdout as with IO.popen (also, if it is possible, handle its
stderr, too), and I also need to get is return value.
How can I do this?
Thanks,
Ferenc
it's tricky to manage stdout, stderr, _and_ exit status since with popen you
lose the sense of $?.
try my session module from the raa:
http://raa.ruby-lang.org/list.rhtml?name=session
example:
~ > cat sess.rb
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#
http://raa.ruby-lang.org/list.rhtml?name=session
require 'session'
sh = Session::Shell.new
# ====
puts "EXAMPLE 0"
stdout, stderr = sh.execute 'ls'
puts "stdout <#{ stdout.inspect }>"
puts "stderr <#{ stdout.inspect }>"
puts "status <#{ sh.status }>"
puts
# ====
puts "EXAMPLE 1"
stdout, stderr = '', ''
sh.execute 'ls does-not-exist', :stdout => stdout, :stderr => stderr
puts "stdout <#{ stdout.inspect }>"
puts "stderr <#{ stdout.inspect }>"
puts "status <#{ sh.exitstatus }>"
puts
# ====
puts "EXAMPLE 2"
dev_null = open '/dev/null', 'w'
sh.execute 'ls',
=> STDOUT, :e => dev_null
puts "status <#{ sh.exit_status }>"
puts
# ====
puts "EXAMPLE 4"
org = sh.path
p sh.path
sh.path = ['.'] + sh.path
p sh.path
sh.path = "/bin/foo:/bin/bar:#{ sh.path.join ':' }"
p sh.path
sh.path = org
p sh.path
puts
# ====
puts "EXAMPLE 5"
sh = Session::Shell.new :history => true
sh.execute 'ls'
sh.execute 'echo foobar'
p sh.history[0]
p sh.history[1]
puts
# ====
puts "EXAMPLE 6"
cmd = 'while test 1; do echo on_out; echo on_err 1>&2; sleep 1; done'
sh.execute(cmd) do |o, e|
puts "processing stdout <#{ o.inspect }>..." if o
puts "processing stderr <#{ e.inspect }>..." if e
end
puts
~ > ruby sess.rb
EXAMPLE 0
stdout <"sess.rb\nsess.rb.out\n">
stderr <"sess.rb\nsess.rb.out\n">
status <0>
EXAMPLE 1
stdout <"">
stderr <"">
status <1>
EXAMPLE 2
sess.rb
sess.rb.out
status <0>
EXAMPLE 4
["/data/bin", "/data/bin", "/usr/kerberos/bin", "/usr/local/bin", "/bin", "/usr/bin", "/usr/X11R6/bin", "/usr/local/java/bin", ".", "~/bin", "/sbin", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/local/sbin", "/home/ahoward/bin"]
[".", "/data/bin", "/data/bin", "/usr/kerberos/bin", "/usr/local/bin", "/bin", "/usr/bin", "/usr/X11R6/bin", "/usr/local/java/bin", ".", "~/bin", "/sbin", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/local/sbin", "/home/ahoward/bin"]
["/bin/foo", "/bin/bar", ".", "/data/bin", "/data/bin", "/usr/kerberos/bin", "/usr/local/bin", "/bin", "/usr/bin", "/usr/X11R6/bin", "/usr/local/java/bin", ".", "~/bin", "/sbin", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/local/sbin", "/home/ahoward/bin"]
["/data/bin", "/data/bin", "/usr/kerberos/bin", "/usr/local/bin", "/bin", "/usr/bin", "/usr/X11R6/bin", "/usr/local/java/bin", ".", "~/bin", "/sbin", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/local/sbin", "/home/ahoward/bin"]
EXAMPLE 5
cmd: <ls>
cmdno: <3>
out: <"sess.rb\nsess.rb.out\n">
err: <"">
cid: <1729_3_142581>
cmd: <echo foobar>
cmdno: <4>
out: <"foobar\n">
err: <"">
cid: <1729_4_69019>
EXAMPLE 6
processing stdout <"on_out\n">...
processing stderr <"on_err\n">...
processing stdout <"on_out\n">...
processing stderr <"on_err\n">...
(loops forever)
contact me offline with any questions - the current docs are scant but the
above should get you going.
-a
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