// ***************************************************************************** // * This file is part of the FreeFileSync project. It is distributed under * // * GNU General Public License: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0 * // * Copyright (C) Zenju (zenju AT freefilesync DOT org) - All Rights Reserved * // ***************************************************************************** #ifndef SHELL_EXECUTE_H_23482134578134134 #define SHELL_EXECUTE_H_23482134578134134 #include "file_error.h" #include //fork() #include //::system() namespace zen { //launch commandline and report errors via popup dialog //Windows: COM needs to be initialized before calling this function! enum class ExecutionType { SYNC, ASYNC }; namespace { void shellExecute(const Zstring& command, ExecutionType type) //throw FileError { /* we cannot use wxExecute due to various issues: - screws up encoding on OS X for non-ASCII characters - does not provide any reasonable error information - uses a zero-sized dummy window as a hack to keep focus which leaves a useless empty icon in ALT-TAB list in Windows */ if (type == ExecutionType::SYNC) { //Posix ::system() - execute a shell command const int rv = ::system(command.c_str()); //do NOT use std::system as its documentation says nothing about "WEXITSTATUS(rv)", etc... if (rv == -1 || WEXITSTATUS(rv) == 127) throw FileError(_("Incorrect command line:") + L"\n" + utfTo(command)); //http://linux.die.net/man/3/system "In case /bin/sh could not be executed, the exit status will be that of a command that does exit(127)" //Bonus: For an incorrect command line /bin/sh also returns with 127! } else { //follow implemenation of ::system() except for waitpid(): const pid_t pid = ::fork(); if (pid < 0) //pids are never negative, empiric proof: https://linux.die.net/man/2/wait THROW_LAST_FILE_ERROR(_("Incorrect command line:") + L"\n" + utfTo(command), L"fork"); if (pid == 0) //child process { const char* argv[] = { "sh", "-c", command.c_str(), nullptr }; /*int rv =*/::execv("/bin/sh", const_cast(argv)); //safe to cast away const: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/exec.html // "The statement about argv[] and envp[] being constants is included to make explicit to future // writers of language bindings that these objects are completely constant. Due to a limitation of // the ISO C standard, it is not possible to state that idea in standard C." //"execv() only returns if an error has occurred. The return value is -1, and errno is set to indicate the error." ::_exit(127); //[!] avoid flushing I/O buffers or doing other clean up from child process like with "exit(127)"! } //else //parent process } } } inline void openWithDefaultApplication(const Zstring& itemPath) //throw FileError { shellExecute("xdg-open \"" + itemPath + '"', ExecutionType::ASYNC); // } } #endif //SHELL_EXECUTE_H_23482134578134134