1 /* Base code taken from http://www-h.eng.cam.ac.uk/help/tpl/unix/fork.html
2 * Fix for redhat suggested by Ptere Pramberger, peter@pramberger.at */
3 #include <unistd.h>
4 #include <sys/wait.h>
5 #include <stdio.h>
6 #include <sys/types.h>
7 #include <signal.h>
8 void popen_sigchld_handler (int);
9 int childtermd;
11 int main(){
12 char str[1024];
13 int pipefd[2];
14 pid_t pid;
15 int status, died;
17 if (signal (SIGCHLD, popen_sigchld_handler) == SIG_ERR) {
18 printf ("Cannot catch SIGCHLD\n");
19 _exit(-1);
20 }
22 pipe (pipefd);
23 switch(pid=fork()){
24 case -1:
25 printf("can't fork\n");
26 _exit(-1);
28 case 0 : /* this is the code the child runs */
29 close(1); /* close stdout */
30 /* pipefd[1] is for writing to the pipe. We want the output
31 * that used to go to the standard output (file descriptor 1)
32 * to be written to the pipe. The following command does this,
33 * creating a new file descripter 1 (the lowest available)
34 * that writes where pipefd[1] goes. */
35 dup (pipefd[1]); /* points pipefd at file descriptor */
36 /* the child isn't going to read from the pipe, so
37 * pipefd[0] can be closed */
38 close (pipefd[0]);
40 /* These are the commands to run, with success commented. dig and nslookup only problems */
41 /*execl ("/bin/date","date",0);*/ /* 100% */
42 /*execl ("/bin/cat", "cat", "/etc/hosts", 0);*/ /* 100% */
43 /*execl ("/usr/bin/dig", "dig", "redhat.com", 0);*/ /* 69% */
44 /*execl("/bin/sleep", "sleep", "1", 0);*/ /* 100% */
45 execl ("/usr/bin/nslookup","nslookup","redhat.com",0); /* 90% (after 100 tests), 40% (after 10 tests) */
46 /*execl ("/bin/ping","ping","-c","1","localhost",0);*/ /* 100% */
47 /*execl ("/bin/ping","ping","-c","1","192.168.10.32",0);*/ /* 100% */
48 _exit(0);
50 default: /* this is the code the parent runs */
52 close(0); /* close stdin */
53 /* Set file descriptor 0 (stdin) to read from the pipe */
54 dup (pipefd[0]);
55 /* the parent isn't going to write to the pipe */
56 close (pipefd[1]);
57 /* Now read from the pipe */
58 fgets(str, 1023, stdin);
59 /*printf("1st line output is %s\n", str);*/
61 /*while (!childtermd);*/ /* Uncomment this line to fix */
63 died= wait(&status);
64 /*printf("died=%d status=%d\n", died, status);*/
65 if (died > 0) _exit(0);
66 else _exit(1);
67 }
68 }
70 void
71 popen_sigchld_handler (int signo)
72 {
73 if (signo == SIGCHLD) {
74 /*printf("Caught sigchld\n");*/
75 childtermd = 1;
76 }
77 }