PtyProcess Class Reference

#include <process.h>

Inheritance diagram for PtyProcess:

Public Types
enum	checkPidStatus { Error =-1 , NotExited =-2 , Killed =-3 }

Public Member Functions
int	exec (const TQCString &command, const QCStringList &args)
TQCString	readLine (bool block=true)
TQCString	readAll (bool block=true)
void	writeLine (const TQCString &line, bool addNewline=true)
void	unreadLine (const TQCString &line, bool addNewline=true)
void	setExitString (const TQCString &exit)
int	waitForChild ()
int	WaitSlave ()
int	enableLocalEcho (bool enable=true)
void	setTerminal (bool terminal)
void	setErase (bool erase)
void	setEnvironment (const QCStringList &env)
int	fd ()
int	pid ()

Static Public Member Functions
static int	waitMS (int fd, int ms)
static bool	checkPid (pid_t pid)
static int	checkPidExited (pid_t pid)

Protected Member Functions
const QCStringList &	environment () const
virtual void	virtual_hook (int id, void *data)

Protected Attributes
bool	m_bErase
bool	m_bTerminal
int	m_Pid
int	m_Fd
TQCString	m_Command
TQCString	m_Exit

Detailed Description

Synchronous communication with tty programs.

PtyProcess provides synchronous communication with tty based programs. The communications channel used is a pseudo tty (as opposed to a pipe) This means that programs which require a terminal will work.

Definition at line 36 of file process.h.

Member Enumeration Documentation

checkPidStatus

enum PtyProcess::checkPidStatus

Check process exit status for process pid.

On error (no child, no exit), return -1. If child pid has exited, return its exit status, (which may be zero). If child has not exited, return -2.

Definition at line 162 of file process.h.

Member Function Documentation

checkPid()

bool PtyProcess::checkPid ( pid_t  pid )

static

Basic check for the existence of pid.

Returns true iff pid is an extant process, (one you could kill - see man kill(2) for signal 0).

Definition at line 75 of file process.cpp.

enableLocalEcho()

int PtyProcess::enableLocalEcho

(

bool

enable = true

)

Enables/disables local echo on the pseudo tty.

Definition at line 451 of file process.cpp.

exec()

int PtyProcess::exec	(	const TQCString &	command,
		const QCStringList &	args
	)

Forks off and execute a command.

The command's standard in and output are connected to the pseudo tty. They are accessible with readLine and writeLine.

Parameters

command	The command to execute.
args	The arguments to the command.

Definition at line 324 of file process.cpp.

fd()

int PtyProcess::fd ( )

inline

Returns the filedescriptor of the process.

Definition at line 121 of file process.h.

pid()

int PtyProcess::pid ( )

inline

Returns the pid of the process.

Definition at line 126 of file process.h.

readAll()

TQCString PtyProcess::readAll

(

bool

block = true

)

Read all available output from the program's standard out.

Parameters

block

If no output is in the buffer, should the function block

Returns

The output.

Definition at line 247 of file process.cpp.

readLine()

TQCString PtyProcess::readLine

(

bool

block = true

)

Reads a line from the program's standard out.

Depending on the block parameter, this call blocks until a single, full line is read.

Parameters

block

Block until a full line is read?

Returns

The output string.

Definition at line 175 of file process.cpp.

setEnvironment()

void PtyProcess::setEnvironment

(

const QCStringList &

env

)

Set additinal environment variables.

Definition at line 159 of file process.cpp.

setErase()

void PtyProcess::setErase ( bool  erase )

inline

Overwrites the password as soon as it is used.

Relevant only to some subclasses.

Definition at line 111 of file process.h.

setExitString()

void PtyProcess::setExitString ( const TQCString &  exit )

inline

Sets the exit string.

If a line of program output matches this, waitForChild() will terminate the program and return.

Definition at line 83 of file process.h.

setTerminal()

void PtyProcess::setTerminal ( bool  terminal )

inline

Enables/disables terminal output.

Relevant only to some subclasses.

Definition at line 105 of file process.h.

unreadLine()

void PtyProcess::unreadLine	(	const TQCString &	line,
		bool	addNewline = true
	)

Puts back a line of input.

Parameters

line	The line to put back.
addNewline	Adds a ' ' to the line.

Definition at line 311 of file process.cpp.

waitForChild()

int PtyProcess::waitForChild

(

)

Waits for the child to exit.

See also setExitString.

Definition at line 487 of file process.cpp.

waitMS()

int PtyProcess::waitMS ( int  fd, int  ms  )

static

Wait ms miliseconds (ie.

1/10th of a second is 100ms), using fd as a filedescriptor to wait on. Returns select(2)'s result, which is -1 on error, 0 on timeout, or positive if there is data on one of the selected fd's.

ms must be in the range 0..999 (ie. the maximum wait duration is 999ms, almost one second).

Definition at line 59 of file process.cpp.

WaitSlave()

int PtyProcess::WaitSlave

(

)

Waits until the pty has cleared the ECHO flag.

This is useful when programs write a password prompt before they disable ECHO. Disabling it might flush any input that was written.

Definition at line 413 of file process.cpp.

writeLine()

void PtyProcess::writeLine	(	const TQCString &	line,
		bool	addNewline = true
	)

Writes a line of text to the program's standard in.

Parameters

line	The text to write.
addNewline	Adds a ' ' to the line.

Definition at line 302 of file process.cpp.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• process.h
• process.cpp