// // How to use popen() and Fl::add_fd() - erco 10/04/04 // Originally from erco's cheat sheet, permission by author. // // Shows how the interface can remain "alive" while external // command is running and outputing occassional data. For instance, // while the command is running, keyboard navigation works, // text can be highlighted, and the interface can be resized. // // Copyright 2010 Greg Ercolano. // Copyright 1998-2010 by Bill Spitzak and others. // // This library is free software. Distribution and use rights are outlined in // the file "COPYING" which should have been included with this file. If this // file is missing or damaged, see the license at: // // https://www.fltk.org/COPYING.php // // Please see the following page on how to report bugs and issues: // // https://www.fltk.org/bugs.php // #include #include #include #include #ifdef _WIN32 # define PING_CMD "ping -n 10 localhost" // 'slow command' under windows # ifdef _MSC_VER # define popen _popen # define pclose _pclose # else /*_MSC_VER*/ # include // non-MS win32 compilers (untested) # endif /*_MSC_VER*/ #else # include # define PING_CMD "ping -i 2 -c 10 localhost" // 'slow command' under unix #endif // GLOBALS FILE *G_fp = NULL; // Handler for add_fd() -- called whenever the ping command outputs a new line of data // Note: FL_SOCKET as 1st argument is used to fix a compiler error(!) on Windows 64-bit. // Unfortunately we need this in FLTK 1.3 - should hopefully be fixed in 1.4 with a better solution. void HandleFD(FL_SOCKET fd, void *data) { Fl_Multi_Browser *brow = (Fl_Multi_Browser*)data; char s[1024]; if ( fgets(s, 1023, G_fp) == NULL ) { // read the line of data Fl::remove_fd(fileno(G_fp)); // command ended? disconnect callback pclose(G_fp); // close the descriptor brow->add(""); brow->add("<>"); // append msg indicating command finished return; } brow->add(s); // line of data read? append to widget } int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { Fl_Window win(600,600); Fl_Multi_Browser brow(10,10,580,580); if ( ( G_fp = popen(PING_CMD, "r") ) == NULL ) { // start the external unix command perror("popen failed"); return(1); } Fl::add_fd(fileno(G_fp), HandleFD, (void*)&brow); // setup a callback for the popen()ed descriptor win.resizable(brow); win.show(argc, argv); return(Fl::run()); }