books/apitue/sample-code/08/popen.c

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/* This file is part of the sample code and exercises
* used by the class "Advanced Programming in the UNIX
* Environment" taught by Jan Schaumann
* <jschauma@netmeister.org> at Stevens Institute of
* Technology.
*
* This file is in the public domain.
*
* You don't have to, but if you feel like
* acknowledging where you got this code, you may
* reference me by name, email address, or point
* people to the course website:
* https://stevens.netmeister.org/631/
*/
/* This is basically the same as 'pipe2.c', but using
* popen(3). Make sure to illustrate the dangers of
* invoking a shell on user-provided input.
*
* $ env PAGER="more; touch /tmp/boo" ./a.out popen.c
* $ env PAGER="more; rm /etc/passwd 2>/dev/null"
* ./a.out popen.c
*/
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <err.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#define DEF_PAGER "/usr/bin/more"
int
main(int argc, char **argv) {
FILE *pipe;
char line[BUFSIZ], *pager;
FILE *fp;
if (argc != 2) {
(void)fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <pathname>\n", argv[0]);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
/* NOTREACHED */
}
if ((pager = getenv("PAGER")) == NULL)
pager = DEF_PAGER;
if ((pipe = popen(pager, "w")) == NULL) {
(void)fprintf(stderr,"Unable to open pipe to %s: %s\n",
pager, strerror(errno));
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
/* NOTREACHED */
}
if ((fp = fopen(argv[1], "r")) == NULL) {
(void)fprintf(stderr, "can't open %s\n", argv[1]);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
/* NOTREACHED */
}
while (fgets(line, BUFSIZ, fp) != NULL) {
(void)fprintf(pipe, "==> %s", line);
}
if (ferror(fp)) {
err(EXIT_FAILURE, "fgets");
/* NOTREACHED */
}
if (pclose(pipe) == -1) {
err(EXIT_FAILURE, "pclose");
/* NOTREACHED */
}
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}