/* * Copyright (c) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 * The President and Fellows of Harvard College. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions * are met: * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors * may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software * without specific prior written permission. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE UNIVERSITY AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE UNIVERSITY OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF * SUCH DAMAGE. */ #include <errno.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <string.h> /* * system(): ANSI C * * Run a command. */ #define MAXCMDSIZE 2048 #define MAXARGS 128 int system(const char *cmd) { /* * Ordinarily, you call the shell to process the command. * But we don't know that the shell can do that. So, do it * ourselves. */ char tmp[MAXCMDSIZE]; char *argv[MAXARGS+1]; int nargs=0; char *s; int pid, status; if (strlen(cmd) >= sizeof(tmp)) { errno = E2BIG; return -1; } strcpy(tmp, cmd); for (s = strtok(tmp, " \t"); s; s = strtok(NULL, " \t")) { if (nargs < MAXARGS) { argv[nargs++] = s; } else { errno = E2BIG; return 1; } } argv[nargs] = NULL; pid = fork(); switch (pid) { case -1: return -1; case 0: /* child */ execv(argv[0], argv); /* exec only returns if it fails */ _exit(255); default: /* parent */ waitpid(pid, &status, 0); return status; } }