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/* xsystem.c - system(3) with error messages
Carl D. Worth
Copyright (C) 2001 University of Southern California
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at
your option) any later version.
This program 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
General Public License for more details.
*/
#include "ipkg.h"
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include "xsystem.h"
/* XXX: FEATURE: I shouldn't actually use system(3) at all. I don't
really need the /bin/sh invocation which takes resources and
introduces security problems. I should switch all of this to a sort
of execl() or execv() interface/implementation.
*/
/* Like system(3), but with error messages printed if the fork fails
or if the child process dies due to an uncaught signal. Also, the
return value is a bit simpler:
-1 if there was any problem
Otherwise, the 8-bit return value of the program ala WEXITSTATUS
as defined in <sys/wait.h>.
*/
int xsystem(const char *cmd)
{
int err;
err = system(cmd);
if (err == -1) {
fprintf(stderr, "%s: ERROR: fork failed before execution: `%s'\n",
__FUNCTION__, cmd);
return -1;
}
if (WIFSIGNALED(err)) {
fprintf(stderr, "%s: ERROR: Child process died due to signal %d: `%s'\n",
__FUNCTION__, WTERMSIG(err), cmd);
return -1;
}
if (WIFEXITED(err)) {
/* Normal child exit */
return WEXITSTATUS(err);
}
fprintf(stderr, "%s: ERROR: Received unintelligible return value from system: %d",
__FUNCTION__, err);
return -1;
}
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