/* $Id: spoolpipe.c,v 1.2 2009-02-08 09:05:52 vruppert Exp $ * * spoolpipe.c * by Carl Sopchak * * Read a pipe that stays open, send the data to a temp file. Print * the temp file if no new input data is seen within a period of time. This * is useful, e.g., to create separate spool files without exiting a program * that doesn't close it's printer output file. * * --------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * Copyright (c) 2002 Cegis Enterprises, Inc. Syracuse, NY 13215 * * --------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. * * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Modification log: * * 2002/05/20 - Initial programming * * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ #define BUF_SIZE 4*1024 #define DEBUG 0 #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include int infd, outfd; unsigned int delay = 60; // default delay, in seconds unsigned int count_down = 0; char buffer[BUF_SIZE]; ssize_t readcnt, writecnt; int didwait = 0; // have we already waited? int havedata = 0; // have we read anything in? int q; pid_t pid, wait_pid; int wait_status; int main (int argc, char *argv[]) { #if DEBUG printf("Command line arguments (%d):\n", argc); for (q = 0; q < argc ; q++) { printf(" %d = %s\n", q, argv[q]); } #endif if ((argc < 3) || (argc > 4)) { printf("usage: %s []\n", argv[0]); exit(1); } if (argc == 4) { // get delay delay = strtol(argv[3], (char **) NULL, 10); if (delay < 0) { printf("Unable to convert maximum delay value: %s\n", argv[3]); exit(2); } } // get delay #if DEBUG printf("Delay is set to %d seconds.\n", delay); #endif infd = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK); if (infd == -1) { printf("Error opening input pipe %s: %d - %s\n", argv[1], errno, strerror(errno)); exit(3); } outfd = open(argv[2], O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, S_IRWXU); if (outfd == -1) { printf("Error opening output file %s: %d - %s\n", argv[2], errno, strerror(errno)); exit(4); } count_down = delay; while (1) { // must kill with a signal.... readcnt = read(infd, buffer, (size_t) BUF_SIZE); #if DEBUG printf("read() returned with readcnt = %d, errno = %d\n", readcnt, errno); #endif if ((readcnt == -1) && (errno != EAGAIN)) { // EAGAIN - no data waiting, can ignore printf("Error reading input pipe: %d - %s\n", errno, strerror(errno)); exit(5); } else { // no errors reading input pipe if (readcnt > 0) { writecnt = write(outfd, buffer, readcnt); if (writecnt == -1) { printf("Error writing output file: %d - %s\n", errno, strerror(errno)); exit(6); } didwait = 0; // reset wait flag (wait again) count_down = delay; havedata = 1; // set flag that we got some data } else { //readcnt must = 0 if (!didwait) { //have not waited yet... if (count_down > 0) { // sleep a bit sleep(1); count_down -= 1; } else { didwait = 1; // set wait flag (don't wait again) } } else { // already waited if (havedata) { // have data to print, close & reopen output file if (close(outfd) != 0) { printf("Error closing output file: %d - %s\n", errno, strerror(errno)); exit(7); } #if DEBUG printf("Spooling temp file...\n"); #endif pid = fork(); if (pid == -1) { printf("Error forking new process: %d - %s\n", errno, strerror(errno)); exit(9); } if (pid == 0) { // we're now running in the child process... execlp("lpr", "lpr", argv[2], NULL); exit(99); // should never get here... } // we're now running in the child process... if (pid > 0) { // we're running in the parent process... wait_pid = waitpid(pid, (int *)&wait_status, 0); if (wait_pid != pid) { // some sort of error printf("Wait for 'lpr' command returned abnormally!\n"); if (WIFEXITED(wait_status)) { printf(" 'lpr' exited normally.\n"); } else { printf(" 'lpr' exited abnormally, return code = %d.\n", WEXITSTATUS(wait_status)); } if (WIFSIGNALED(wait_status)) { printf(" 'lpr' received uncaught signal %d\n", WTERMSIG(wait_status)); } } // some sort of error } // we're running in the parent process... outfd = open(argv[2], O_RDWR | O_TRUNC); if (outfd == -1) { printf("Error re-opening output file: %d - %s\n", errno, strerror(errno)); exit(8); } } // have data to print, close & repoen output file. havedata = 0; // no more data waiting count_down = delay; didwait = 0; // reset wait flag (wait again) } // already waited } // readcnt must = 0 } // no errors reading input pipe } // must kill with a signal... exit(0); } // eof(spoolpipe.c)