----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- | -- Module : XMonad.Util.Run -- Copyright : (C) 2007 Spencer Janssen, Andrea Rossato, glasser@mit.edu -- License : BSD-style (see LICENSE) -- -- Maintainer : Christian Thiemann -- Stability : unstable -- Portability : unportable -- -- This modules provides several commands to run an external process. -- It is composed of functions formerly defined in "XMonad.Util.Dmenu" (by -- Spencer Janssen), "XMonad.Util.Dzen" (by glasser\@mit.edu) and -- XMonad.Util.RunInXTerm (by Andrea Rossato). -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- module XMonad.Util.Run ( -- * Usage -- $usage runProcessWithInput, runProcessWithInputAndWait, safeSpawn, unsafeSpawn, runInTerm, safeRunInTerm, seconds, spawnPipe ) where import System.Posix.IO import System.Posix.Process (createSession, forkProcess, executeFile, getProcessStatus) import Control.Concurrent (threadDelay) import Control.Exception (try) import System.Exit (ExitCode(ExitSuccess), exitWith) import System.IO import System.Process (runInteractiveProcess, waitForProcess) import XMonad import Control.Monad -- $usage -- For an example usage of 'runInTerm' see "XMonad.Prompt.Ssh" -- -- For an example usage of 'runProcessWithInput' see -- "XMonad.Prompt.DirectoryPrompt", "XMonad.Util.Dmenu", -- "XMonad.Prompt.ShellPrompt", "XMonad.Actions.WmiiActions", -- "XMonad.Prompt.WorkspaceDir" -- -- For an example usage of 'runProcessWithInputAndWait' see -- "XMonad.Util.Dzen" -- | Returns Just output if the command succeeded, and Nothing if it didn't. -- This corresponds to dmenu's notion of exit code 1 for a cancelled invocation. runProcessWithInput :: FilePath -> [String] -> String -> IO String runProcessWithInput cmd args input = do (pin, pout, perr, ph) <- runInteractiveProcess cmd args Nothing Nothing hPutStr pin input hClose pin output <- hGetContents pout when (output==output) $ return () hClose pout hClose perr waitForProcess ph return output -- | Wait is in us runProcessWithInputAndWait :: FilePath -> [String] -> String -> Int -> IO () runProcessWithInputAndWait cmd args input timeout = do pid <- forkProcess $ do forkProcess $ do -- double fork it over to init createSession (pin, pout, perr, ph) <- runInteractiveProcess cmd args Nothing Nothing hPutStr pin input hFlush pin threadDelay timeout hClose pin hClose pout hClose perr waitForProcess ph return () exitWith ExitSuccess return () getProcessStatus True False pid return () -- | Multiplies by ONE MILLION, for use with -- 'runProcessWithInputAndWait'. -- -- Use like: -- -- > (5.5 `seconds`) seconds :: Rational -> Int seconds = fromEnum . (* 1000000) -- | safeSpawn bypasses XMonad's 'spawn' command, because 'spawn' passes -- strings to \/bin\/sh to be interpreted as shell commands. This is -- often what one wants, but in many cases the passed string will contain -- shell metacharacters which one does not want interpreted as such (URLs -- particularly often have shell metacharacters like \'&\' in them). In -- this case, it is more useful to specify a file or program to be run -- and a string to give it as an argument so as to bypass the shell and -- be certain the program will receive the string as you typed it. -- unsafeSpawn is an alias for XMonad's 'spawn', to remind one that use -- of it can be, well, unsafe. -- Examples: -- -- > , ((modMask, xK_Print), unsafeSpawn "import -window root png:$HOME/xwd-$(date +%s)$$.png") -- > , ((modMask, xK_d ), safeSpawn "firefox" "") -- -- Note that the unsafeSpawn example must be unsafe and not safe because -- it makes use of shell interpretation by relying on @$HOME@ and -- interpolation, whereas the safeSpawn example can be safe because -- Firefox doesn't need any arguments if it is just being started. safeSpawn :: MonadIO m => FilePath -> String -> m () safeSpawn prog arg = liftIO (try (forkProcess $ executeFile prog True [arg] Nothing) >> return ()) unsafeSpawn :: MonadIO m => String -> m () unsafeSpawn = spawn -- | Run a given program in the preferred terminal emulator. This uses -- 'safeSpawn'. safeRunInTerm :: String -> X () safeRunInTerm command = asks (terminal . config) >>= \t -> safeSpawn t ("-e " ++ command) unsafeRunInTerm, runInTerm :: String -> X () unsafeRunInTerm command = asks (terminal . config) >>= \t -> unsafeSpawn $ t ++ " -e " ++ command runInTerm = unsafeRunInTerm -- | Launch an external application and return a 'Handle' to its standard input. spawnPipe :: String -> IO Handle spawnPipe x = do (rd, wr) <- createPipe setFdOption wr CloseOnExec True h <- fdToHandle wr hSetBuffering h LineBuffering pid <- forkProcess $ do forkProcess $ do dupTo rd stdInput createSession executeFile "/bin/sh" False ["-c", x] Nothing exitWith ExitSuccess getProcessStatus True False pid return h