package IPC::Cmd;
use strict;
BEGIN {
use constant IS_VMS => $^O eq 'VMS' ? 1 : 0;
use constant IS_WIN32 => $^O eq 'MSWin32' ? 1 : 0;
use constant IS_WIN98 => (IS_WIN32 and !Win32::IsWinNT()) ? 1 : 0;
use Exporter ();
use vars qw[ @ISA $VERSION @EXPORT_OK $VERBOSE $DEBUG
$USE_IPC_RUN $USE_IPC_OPEN3 $WARN
];
$VERSION = '0.36';
$VERBOSE = 0;
$DEBUG = 0;
$WARN = 1;
$USE_IPC_RUN = IS_WIN32 && !IS_WIN98;
$USE_IPC_OPEN3 = not IS_VMS;
@ISA = qw[Exporter];
@EXPORT_OK = qw[can_run run];
}
require Carp;
use Params::Check qw[check];
use Module::Load::Conditional qw[can_load];
use Locale::Maketext::Simple Style => 'gettext';
=pod
=head1 NAME
IPC::Cmd - finding and running system commands made easy
=head1 SYNOPSIS
use IPC::Cmd qw[can_run run];
my $full_path = can_run('wget') or warn 'wget is not installed!';
### commands can be arrayrefs or strings ###
my $cmd = "$full_path -b theregister.co.uk";
my $cmd = [$full_path, '-b', 'theregister.co.uk'];
### in scalar context ###
my $buffer;
if( scalar run( command => $cmd,
verbose => 0,
buffer => \$buffer )
) {
print "fetched webpage successfully: $buffer\n";
}
### in list context ###
my( $success, $error_code, $full_buf, $stdout_buf, $stderr_buf ) =
run( command => $cmd, verbose => 0 );
if( $success ) {
print "this is what the command printed:\n";
print join "", @$full_buf;
}
### check for features
print "IPC::Open3 available: " . IPC::Cmd->can_use_ipc_open3;
print "IPC::Run available: " . IPC::Cmd->can_use_ipc_run;
print "Can capture buffer: " . IPC::Cmd->can_capture_buffer;
### don't have IPC::Cmd be verbose, ie don't print to stdout or
### stderr when running commands -- default is '0'
$IPC::Cmd::VERBOSE = 0;
=head1 DESCRIPTION
IPC::Cmd allows you to run commands, interactively if desired,
platform independent but have them still work.
The C<can_run> function can tell you if a certain binary is installed
and if so where, whereas the C<run> function can actually execute any
of the commands you give it and give you a clear return value, as well
as adhere to your verbosity settings.
=head1 CLASS METHODS
=head2 $bool = IPC::Cmd->can_use_ipc_run( [VERBOSE] )
Utility function that tells you if C<IPC::Run> is available.
If the verbose flag is passed, it will print diagnostic messages
if C<IPC::Run> can not be found or loaded.
=cut
sub can_use_ipc_run {
my $self = shift;
my $verbose = shift || 0;
### ipc::run doesn't run on win98
return if IS_WIN98;
### if we dont have ipc::run, we obviously can't use it.
return unless can_load(
modules => { 'IPC::Run' => '0.55' },
verbose => ($WARN && $verbose),
);
### otherwise, we're good to go
return 1;
}
=head2 $bool = IPC::Cmd->can_use_ipc_open3( [VERBOSE] )
Utility function that tells you if C<IPC::Open3> is available.
If the verbose flag is passed, it will print diagnostic messages
if C<IPC::Open3> can not be found or loaded.
=cut
sub can_use_ipc_open3 {
my $self = shift;
my $verbose = shift || 0;
### ipc::open3 works on every platform, but it can't capture buffers
### on win32 :(
return unless can_load(
modules => { map {$_ => '0.0'} qw|IPC::Open3 IO::Select Symbol| },
verbose => ($WARN && $verbose),
);
return 1;
}
=head2 $bool = IPC::Cmd->can_capture_buffer
Utility function that tells you if C<IPC::Cmd> is capable of
capturing buffers in it's current configuration.
=cut
sub can_capture_buffer {
my $self = shift;
return 1 if $USE_IPC_RUN && $self->can_use_ipc_run;
return 1 if $USE_IPC_OPEN3 && $self->can_use_ipc_open3 && !IS_WIN32;
return;
}
=head1 FUNCTIONS
=head2 $path = can_run( PROGRAM );
C<can_run> takes but a single argument: the name of a binary you wish
to locate. C<can_run> works much like the unix binary C<which> or the bash
command C<type>, which scans through your path, looking for the requested
binary .
Unlike C<which> and C<type>, this function is platform independent and
will also work on, for example, Win32.
It will return the full path to the binary you asked for if it was
found, or C<undef> if it was not.
=cut
sub can_run {
my $command = shift;
# a lot of VMS executables have a symbol defined
# check those first
if ( $^O eq 'VMS' ) {
require VMS::DCLsym;
my $syms = VMS::DCLsym->new;
return $command if scalar $syms->getsym( uc $command );
}
require Config;
require File::Spec;
require ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
if( File::Spec->file_name_is_absolute($command) ) {
return MM->maybe_command($command);
} else {
for my $dir (split /\Q$Config::Config{path_sep}\E/, $ENV{PATH}) {
my $abs = File::Spec->catfile($dir, $command);
return $abs if $abs = MM->maybe_command($abs);
}
}
}
=head2 $ok | ($ok, $err, $full_buf, $stdout_buff, $stderr_buff) = run( command => COMMAND, [verbose => BOOL, buffer => \$SCALAR] );
C<run> takes 3 arguments:
=over 4
=item command
This is the command to execute. It may be either a string or an array
reference.
This is a required argument.
See L<CAVEATS> for remarks on how commands are parsed and their
limitations.
=item verbose
This controls whether all output of a command should also be printed
to STDOUT/STDERR or should only be trapped in buffers (NOTE: buffers
require C<IPC::Run> to be installed or your system able to work with
C<IPC::Open3>).
It will default to the global setting of C<$IPC::Cmd::VERBOSE>,
which by default is 0.
=item buffer
This will hold all the output of a command. It needs to be a reference
to a scalar.
Note that this will hold both the STDOUT and STDERR messages, and you
have no way of telling which is which.
If you require this distinction, run the C<run> command in list context
and inspect the individual buffers.
Of course, this requires that the underlying call supports buffers. See
the note on buffers right above.
=back
C<run> will return a simple C<true> or C<false> when called in scalar
context.
In list context, you will be returned a list of the following items:
=over 4
=item success
A simple boolean indicating if the command executed without errors or
not.
=item errorcode
If the first element of the return value (success) was 0, then some
error occurred. This second element is the error code the command
you requested exited with, if available.
=item full_buffer
This is an arrayreference containing all the output the command
generated.
Note that buffers are only available if you have C<IPC::Run> installed,
or if your system is able to work with C<IPC::Open3> -- See below).
This element will be C<undef> if this is not the case.
=item out_buffer
This is an arrayreference containing all the output sent to STDOUT the
command generated.
Note that buffers are only available if you have C<IPC::Run> installed,
or if your system is able to work with C<IPC::Open3> -- See below).
This element will be C<undef> if this is not the case.
=item error_buffer
This is an arrayreference containing all the output sent to STDERR the
command generated.
Note that buffers are only available if you have C<IPC::Run> installed,
or if your system is able to work with C<IPC::Open3> -- See below).
This element will be C<undef> if this is not the case.
=back
See the C<HOW IT WORKS> Section below to see how C<IPC::Cmd> decides
what modules or function calls to use when issuing a command.
=cut
sub run {
my %hash = @_;
### if the user didn't provide a buffer, we'll store it here.
my $def_buf = '';
my($verbose,$cmd,$buffer);
my $tmpl = {
verbose => { default => $VERBOSE, store => \$verbose },
buffer => { default => \$def_buf, store => \$buffer },
command => { required => 1, store => \$cmd,
allow => sub { !ref($_[0]) or ref($_[0]) eq 'ARRAY' }
},
};
unless( check( $tmpl, \%hash, $VERBOSE ) ) {
Carp::carp(loc("Could not validate input: %1", Params::Check->last_error));
return;
};
print loc("Running [%1]...\n", (ref $cmd ? "@$cmd" : $cmd)) if $verbose;
### did the user pass us a buffer to fill or not? if so, set this
### flag so we know what is expected of us
### XXX this is now being ignored. in the future, we could add diagnostic
### messages based on this logic
#my $user_provided_buffer = $buffer == \$def_buf ? 0 : 1;
### buffers that are to be captured
my( @buffer, @buff_err, @buff_out );
### capture STDOUT
my $_out_handler = sub {
my $buf = shift;
return unless defined $buf;
print STDOUT $buf if $verbose;
push @buffer, $buf;
push @buff_out, $buf;
};
### capture STDERR
my $_err_handler = sub {
my $buf = shift;
return unless defined $buf;
print STDERR $buf if $verbose;
push @buffer, $buf;
push @buff_err, $buf;
};
### flag to indicate we have a buffer captured
my $have_buffer = __PACKAGE__->can_capture_buffer ? 1 : 0;
### flag indicating if the subcall went ok
my $ok;
### IPC::Run is first choice if $USE_IPC_RUN is set.
if( $USE_IPC_RUN and __PACKAGE__->can_use_ipc_run( 1 ) ) {
### ipc::run handlers needs the command as a string or an array ref
__PACKAGE__->_debug( "# Using IPC::Run. Have buffer: $have_buffer" )
if $DEBUG;
$ok = __PACKAGE__->_ipc_run( $cmd, $_out_handler, $_err_handler );
### since IPC::Open3 works on all platforms, and just fails on
### win32 for capturing buffers, do that ideally
} elsif ( $USE_IPC_OPEN3 and __PACKAGE__->can_use_ipc_open3( 1 ) ) {
__PACKAGE__->_debug( "# Using IPC::Open3. Have buffer: $have_buffer" )
if $DEBUG;
### in case there are pipes in there;
### IPC::Open3 will call exec and exec will do the right thing
$ok = __PACKAGE__->_open3_run(
( ref $cmd ? "@$cmd" : $cmd ),
$_out_handler, $_err_handler, $verbose
);
### if we are allowed to run verbose, just dispatch the system command
} else {
__PACKAGE__->_debug( "# Using system(). Have buffer: $have_buffer" )
if $DEBUG;
$ok = __PACKAGE__->_system_run( (ref $cmd ? "@$cmd" : $cmd), $verbose );
}
### fill the buffer;
$$buffer = join '', @buffer if @buffer;
### return a list of flags and buffers (if available) in list
### context, or just a simple 'ok' in scalar
return wantarray
? $have_buffer
? ($ok, $?, \@buffer, \@buff_out, \@buff_err)
: ($ok, $? )
: $ok
}
sub _open3_run {
my $self = shift;
my $cmd = shift;
my $_out_handler = shift;
my $_err_handler = shift;
my $verbose = shift || 0;
### Following code are adapted from Friar 'abstracts' in the
### Perl Monastery (http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=151886).
### XXX that code didn't work.
### we now use the following code, thanks to theorbtwo
### define them beforehand, so we always have defined FH's
### to read from.
use Symbol;
my $kidout = Symbol::gensym();
my $kiderror = Symbol::gensym();
### Dup the filehandle so we can pass 'our' STDIN to the
### child process. This stops us from having to pump input
### from ourselves to the childprocess. However, we will need
### to revive the FH afterwards, as IPC::Open3 closes it.
### We'll do the same for STDOUT and STDERR. It works without
### duping them on non-unix derivatives, but not on win32.
my @fds_to_dup = ( IS_WIN32 && !$verbose
? qw[STDIN STDOUT STDERR]
: qw[STDIN]
);
__PACKAGE__->__dup_fds( @fds_to_dup );
my $pid = IPC::Open3::open3(
'<&STDIN',
(IS_WIN32 ? '>&STDOUT' : $kidout),
(IS_WIN32 ? '>&STDERR' : $kiderror),
$cmd
);
### use OUR stdin, not $kidin. Somehow,
### we never get the input.. so jump through
### some hoops to do it :(
my $selector = IO::Select->new(
(IS_WIN32 ? \*STDERR : $kiderror),
\*STDIN,
(IS_WIN32 ? \*STDOUT : $kidout)
);
STDOUT->autoflush(1); STDERR->autoflush(1); STDIN->autoflush(1);
$kidout->autoflush(1) if UNIVERSAL::can($kidout, 'autoflush');
$kiderror->autoflush(1) if UNIVERSAL::can($kiderror, 'autoflush');
### add an epxlicit break statement
### code courtesy of theorbtwo from #london.pm
OUTER: while ( my @ready = $selector->can_read ) {
for my $h ( @ready ) {
my $buf;
### $len is the amount of bytes read
my $len = sysread( $h, $buf, 4096 ); # try to read 4096 bytes
### see perldoc -f sysread: it returns undef on error,
### so bail out.
if( not defined $len ) {
warn(loc("Error reading from process: %1", $!));
last OUTER;
}
### check for $len. it may be 0, at which point we're
### done reading, so don't try to process it.
### if we would print anyway, we'd provide bogus information
$_out_handler->( "$buf" ) if $len && $h == $kidout;
$_err_handler->( "$buf" ) if $len && $h == $kiderror;
### child process is done printing.
last OUTER if $h == $kidout and $len == 0
}
}
waitpid $pid, 0; # wait for it to die
### restore STDIN after duping, or STDIN will be closed for
### this current perl process!
__PACKAGE__->__reopen_fds( @fds_to_dup );
return if $?; # some error occurred
return 1;
}
sub _ipc_run {
my $self = shift;
my $cmd = shift;
my $_out_handler = shift;
my $_err_handler = shift;
STDOUT->autoflush(1); STDERR->autoflush(1);
### a command like:
# [
# '/usr/bin/gzip',
# '-cdf',
# '/Users/kane/sources/p4/other/archive-extract/t/src/x.tgz',
# '|',
# '/usr/bin/tar',
# '-tf -'
# ]
### needs to become:
# [
# ['/usr/bin/gzip', '-cdf',
# '/Users/kane/sources/p4/other/archive-extract/t/src/x.tgz']
# '|',
# ['/usr/bin/tar', '-tf -']
# ]
my @command; my $special_chars;
if( ref $cmd ) {
my $aref = [];
for my $item (@$cmd) {
if( $item =~ /([<>|&])/ ) {
push @command, $aref, $item;
$aref = [];
$special_chars .= $1;
} else {
push @$aref, $item;
}
}
push @command, $aref;
} else {
@command = map { if( /([<>|&])/ ) {
$special_chars .= $1; $_;
} else {
[ split / +/ ]
}
} split( /\s*([<>|&])\s*/, $cmd );
}
### if there's a pipe in the command, *STDIN needs to
### be inserted *BEFORE* the pipe, to work on win32
### this also works on *nix, so we should do it when possible
### this should *also* work on multiple pipes in the command
### if there's no pipe in the command, append STDIN to the back
### of the command instead.
### XXX seems IPC::Run works it out for itself if you just
### dont pass STDIN at all.
# if( $special_chars and $special_chars =~ /\|/ ) {
# ### only add STDIN the first time..
# my $i;
# @command = map { ($_ eq '|' && not $i++)
# ? ( \*STDIN, $_ )
# : $_
# } @command;
# } else {
# push @command, \*STDIN;
# }
# \*STDIN is already included in the @command, see a few lines up
return IPC::Run::run( @command,
fileno(STDOUT).'>',
$_out_handler,
fileno(STDERR).'>',
$_err_handler
);
}
sub _system_run {
my $self = shift;
my $cmd = shift;
my $verbose = shift || 0;
my @fds_to_dup = $verbose ? () : qw[STDOUT STDERR];
__PACKAGE__->__dup_fds( @fds_to_dup );
### system returns 'true' on failure -- the exit code of the cmd
system( $cmd );
__PACKAGE__->__reopen_fds( @fds_to_dup );
return if $?;
return 1;
}
{ use File::Spec;
use Symbol;
my %Map = (
STDOUT => [qw|>&|, \*STDOUT, Symbol::gensym() ],
STDERR => [qw|>&|, \*STDERR, Symbol::gensym() ],
STDIN => [qw|<&|, \*STDIN, Symbol::gensym() ],
);
### dups FDs and stores them in a cache
sub __dup_fds {
my $self = shift;
my @fds = @_;
__PACKAGE__->_debug( "# Closing the following fds: @fds" ) if $DEBUG;
for my $name ( @fds ) {
my($redir, $fh, $glob) = @{$Map{$name}} or (
Carp::carp(loc("No such FD: '%1'", $name)), next );
### MUST use the 2-arg version of open for dup'ing for
### 5.6.x compatibilty. 5.8.x can use 3-arg open
### see perldoc5.6.2 -f open for details
open $glob, $redir . fileno($fh) or (
Carp::carp(loc("Could not dup '$name': %1", $!)),
return
);
### we should re-open this filehandle right now, not
### just dup it
if( $redir eq '>&' ) {
open( $fh, '>', File::Spec->devnull ) or (
Carp::carp(loc("Could not reopen '$name': %1", $!)),
return
);
}
}
return 1;
}
### reopens FDs from the cache
sub __reopen_fds {
my $self = shift;
my @fds = @_;
__PACKAGE__->_debug( "# Reopening the following fds: @fds" ) if $DEBUG;
for my $name ( @fds ) {
my($redir, $fh, $glob) = @{$Map{$name}} or (
Carp::carp(loc("No such FD: '%1'", $name)), next );
### MUST use the 2-arg version of open for dup'ing for
### 5.6.x compatibilty. 5.8.x can use 3-arg open
### see perldoc5.6.2 -f open for details
open( $fh, $redir . fileno($glob) ) or (
Carp::carp(loc("Could not restore '$name': %1", $!)),
return
);
### close this FD, we're not using it anymore
close $glob;
}
return 1;
}
}
sub _debug {
my $self = shift;
my $msg = shift or return;
my $level = shift || 0;
local $Carp::CarpLevel += $level;
Carp::carp($msg);
return 1;
}
1;
__END__
=head1 HOW IT WORKS
C<run> will try to execute your command using the following logic:
=over 4
=item *
If you have C<IPC::Run> installed, and the variable C<$IPC::Cmd::USE_IPC_RUN>
is set to true (See the C<GLOBAL VARIABLES> Section) use that to execute
the command. You will have the full output available in buffers, interactive commands are sure to work and you are guaranteed to have your verbosity
settings honored cleanly.
=item *
Otherwise, if the variable C<$IPC::Cmd::USE_IPC_OPEN3> is set to true
(See the C<GLOBAL VARIABLES> Section), try to execute the command using
C<IPC::Open3>. Buffers will be available on all platforms except C<Win32>,
interactive commands will still execute cleanly, and also your verbosity
settings will be adhered to nicely;
=item *
Otherwise, if you have the verbose argument set to true, we fall back
to a simple system() call. We cannot capture any buffers, but
interactive commands will still work.
=item *
Otherwise we will try and temporarily redirect STDERR and STDOUT, do a
system() call with your command and then re-open STDERR and STDOUT.
This is the method of last resort and will still allow you to execute
your commands cleanly. However, no buffers will be available.
=back
=head1 Global Variables
The behaviour of IPC::Cmd can be altered by changing the following
global variables:
=head2 $IPC::Cmd::VERBOSE
This controls whether IPC::Cmd will print any output from the
commands to the screen or not. The default is 0;
=head2 $IPC::Cmd::USE_IPC_RUN
This variable controls whether IPC::Cmd will try to use L<IPC::Run>
when available and suitable. Defaults to true if you are on C<Win32>.
=head2 $IPC::Cmd::USE_IPC_OPEN3
This variable controls whether IPC::Cmd will try to use L<IPC::Open3>
when available and suitable. Defaults to true.
=head2 $IPC::Cmd::WARN
This variable controls whether run time warnings should be issued, like
the failure to load an C<IPC::*> module you explicitly requested.
Defaults to true. Turn this off at your own risk.
=head1 Caveats
=over 4
=item Whitespace
When you provide a string as this argument, the string will be
split on whitespace to determine the individual elements of your
command. Although this will usually just Do What You Mean, it may
break if you have files or commands with whitespace in them.
If you do not wish this to happen, you should provide an array
reference, where all parts of your command are already separated out.
Note however, if there's extra or spurious whitespace in these parts,
the parser or underlying code may not interpret it correctly, and
cause an error.
Example:
The following code
gzip -cdf foo.tar.gz | tar -xf -
should either be passed as
"gzip -cdf foo.tar.gz | tar -xf -"
or as
['gzip', '-cdf', 'foo.tar.gz', '|', 'tar', '-xf', '-']
But take care not to pass it as, for example
['gzip -cdf foo.tar.gz', '|', 'tar -xf -']
Since this will lead to issues as described above.
=item IO Redirect
Currently it is too complicated to parse your command for IO
Redirections. For capturing STDOUT or STDERR there is a work around
however, since you can just inspect your buffers for the contents.
=back
=head1 See Also
C<IPC::Run>, C<IPC::Open3>
=head1 AUTHOR
This module by
Jos Boumans E<lt>kane@cpan.orgE<gt>.
=head1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thanks to James Mastros and Martijn van der Streek for their
help in getting IPC::Open3 to behave nicely.
=head1 COPYRIGHT
This module is
copyright (c) 2002 - 2006 Jos Boumans E<lt>kane@cpan.orgE<gt>.
All rights reserved.
This library is free software;
you may redistribute and/or modify it under the same
terms as Perl itself.