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<div id="header">
<h1>lua-subprocess</h1>
</div>
<div id="content">
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_introduction">Introduction</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p><code>lua-subprocess</code> is a Lua module that allows you to create child processes and
communicate with them. The API is based on Python’s subprocess
module, but is not yet as complete.</p></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_compatibility">Compatibility</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>Tested under Windows, Linux and Wine. Needs more testing.</p></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_building">Building</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>Building lua-subprocess without the makefile is very simple. All you
need to do is compile subprocess.c and liolib-copy.c into a shared
object, linked against your Lua library, making sure you define either
OS_POSIX or OS_WINDOWS, depending on your platform.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>To save a bit of space, you can also define SHARE_LIOLIB if you’re
certain you are compiling lua-subprocess with the same toolchain as Lua
was compiled with (in particular, <code>FILE*</code> pointers should be
compatible). If you are not sure, don’t use SHARE_LIOLIB, because it can
cause crashing!</p></div>
<div class="ulist"><ul>
<li>
<p>
SHARE_LIOLIB doesn’t work in MSVC.
</p>
</li>
</ul></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="title">Example</div>
<div class="content">
<pre><code>gcc -fPIC -shared -DOS_POSIX -DSHARE_LIOLIB -o subprocess.so \
subprocess.c liolib-copy.c -llua</code></pre>
</div></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_functions">Functions</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_subprocess_popen_arg1_arg2_8230_options_8230">subprocess.popen { arg1, arg2, …, [options…] }</h4>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Creates a child process with the arguments arg1, arg2 etc. Options
are table items with string keys. The valid options are:</p></div>
<div class="ulist"><ul>
<li>
<p>
<code>env</code> - If set as table or array, then these values used as environemnt variables instead default system environment variables. You can set this as empty table, or table with key and values, or only values or mix of all them.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<code>executable</code> - If set, this is used as the actual executable
to run, while <code>arg1</code> becomes <code>argv[0]</code> of the child process.
If not set, <code>arg1</code> is used as the executable name.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<code>stdin</code>, <code>stdout</code>, <code>stderr</code> - These identify what to use
as the standard input/output/error files of the child process.
If not specified, the handle(s) from the parent process are used.
Each of these options can have the following types:
</p>
<div class="ulist"><ul>
<li>
<p>
<code>string</code> - the option specifies a filename that is opened
for reading (for stdin) or for writing (for stdout or stderr).
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<code>number</code> - specifies an open file to use. The file
is not closed by popen in the parent process.
In POSIX, this value is a file descriptor.
In Windows, this value is a Windows API handle.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<code>FILE*</code> - a Lua file object can be used. This file is not
closed by popen in the parent process.
The following constants can also be used:
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<code>subprocess.PIPE</code> - a pipe is created, and the relevant end
is given to the child process. A Lua file object is placed in
the returned proc object. For stdin, the read end is given to
the child process and stdin is set to a writable file in the proc
object. For stdout or stderr, the write end is given to the child
process and stdout/stderr is set to a readable file in the proc
object.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<code>subprocess.STDOUT</code> (only for stderr) -
This can be used to redirect the standard error file to the
standard output. This is useful if a pipe is used for stdout,
or for outputting both stdout and stderr to the same regular file.
</p>
</li>
</ul></div>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<code>close_fds</code> <em>(boolean)</em> If true, all file descriptors (except
standard input, output and error) are closed after forking, but
before calling exec, so that the child process doesn’t inherit these
file descriptors. On Windows, this does nothing.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<code>binary</code> <em>(boolean)</em> If true, binary mode is used for files returned
to the caller. This disables CR/LF translation. On POSIX, this does nothing.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<code>cwd</code> <em>(string)</em> Names a directory for the child process to be
run in.
<code>subprocess.popen</code> can throw Lua errors when something goes horribly
wrong. For normal errors, however, it returns <code>nil, errormsg, errno</code> (errno
may or may not be nil, depending on the nature of the error).
</p>
</li>
</ul></div>
<div class="sect4">
<h5 id="_return_value">Return value</h5>
<div class="paragraph"><p>On success, returns a proc object (see <a href="#procobj">below</a>).
On failure, returns <code>nil, errormsg, errno</code>.</p></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_subprocess_call_arg1_arg2_8230_options_8230">subprocess.call { arg1, arg2, …, [options…] }</h4>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Creates a child process in the same way as <code>subprocess.popen</code> but waits
for the child to finish executing, then sets and returns the <code>exitcode</code>.</p></div>
<div class="admonitionblock">
<table><tr>
<td class="icon">
<div class="title">Warning</div>
</td>
<td class="content">Do not set <code>stdin</code>, <code>stdout</code> or <code>stderr</code> to <code>subprocess.PIPE</code>
when calling <code>subprocess.call</code>, as it will deadlock when a pipe buffer
is filled.</td>
</tr></table>
</div>
<div class="sect4">
<h5 id="_return_value_2">Return value</h5>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Returns <code>exitcode</code>. See: <a href="#exitcode">exitcode</a>.</p></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_subprocess_call_capture_arg1_arg2_8230_options_8230">subprocess.call_capture { arg1, arg2, …, [options…] }</h4>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Creates a child process in the same way as <code>subprocess.popen</code> but reads
all data from the child’s standard output and returns it. If you want to
capture stderr as well, set <code>stderr</code> to <code>subprocess.STDOUT</code>.</p></div>
<div class="admonitionblock">
<table><tr>
<td class="icon">
<div class="title">Warning</div>
</td>
<td class="content">Do not set <code>stderr</code> to <code>subprocess.PIPE</code>, it can deadlock.</td>
</tr></table>
</div>
<div class="admonitionblock">
<table><tr>
<td class="icon">
<div class="title">Warning</div>
</td>
<td class="content"><code>subprocess.call_capture</code> captures all the child process’s output
into memory, so if the child produces a huge amount of output, memory might be
exhausted.</td>
</tr></table>
</div>
<div class="sect4">
<h5 id="_return_value_3">Return value</h5>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Returns <code>exitcode, content</code> where <code>content</code> is a string containing the captured output.</p></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_subprocess_wait">subprocess.wait()</h4>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Waits for any child process to exit.</p></div>
<div class="sect4">
<h5 id="_return_value_4">Return value</h5>
<div class="paragraph"><p>On success, returns <code>proc, exitcode, pid</code>. I’m not sure why you’d want the
pid after the process has finished, though.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>On failure, returns <code>nil, errormsg</code>.</p></div>
<div class="admonitionblock">
<table><tr>
<td class="icon">
<div class="title">Warning</div>
</td>
<td class="content">On POSIX operating systems, <code>subprocess.wait</code> calls the <code>wait</code> system
function. If you create child processes without using the subprocess module,
and the <code>wait</code> system call returns a pid without a corresponding proc object,
then the returned proc object will be <code>nil</code>.
Furthermore, the process will be removed from the process table and the <code>waitpid</code>
system call should not be used for that pid again.</td>
</tr></table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="procobj">Proc objects</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_proc_pid">proc.pid</h4>
<div class="paragraph"><p>This is set to the process identifier of the child.</p></div>
<div class="admonitionblock">
<table><tr>
<td class="icon">
<div class="title">Warning</div>
</td>
<td class="content">On POSIX systems, do not use this value with the <code>waitpid</code> system
call, because you will make the subprocess module use an invalid pid
in future system calls. In fact, the <code>wait</code> system call will have this effect
too, so don’t use it while subprocess’s child processes are running.</td>
</tr></table>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_proc_stdin_proc_stdout_proc_stderr">proc.stdin, proc.stdout, proc.stderr</h4>
<div class="paragraph"><p>These are set to file objects if the corresponding option passed to
<code>subprocess.popen</code>, was set to <code>subprocess.PIPE</code>. Note that if
the <code>stderr</code> option was set to <code>subprocess.STDOUT</code>,
<code>proc.stderr</code> will not be set.</p></div>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="exitcode">proc.exitcode</h4>
<div class="paragraph"><p>After <code>proc:poll</code>, <code>proc:wait</code> or <code>subprocess.wait</code> discovers the child process has
terminated, this field is set to the exit code of the child process. Before then,
it is <code>nil</code>.
If <code>proc.exitcode < 0</code> then the child was killed by signal number
<code>-proc.exitcode</code>.</p></div>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_proc_poll">proc:poll()</h4>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Checks if the child process has terminated. If the child process has terminated,
this sets <code>proc.exitcode</code> and returns it. If the child process is still running,
this returns <code>nil</code>.</p></div>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_proc_wait">proc:wait()</h4>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Waits for the child process to terminate, then sets and returns the
<code>exitcode</code> field.</p></div>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_proc_send_signal_sig_em_posix_only_em">proc:send_signal(sig) <em>(POSIX only)</em></h4>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Sends a signal to the child process.</p></div>
</div>