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- .HS Tcl_CreatePipeline tcl
- .VS
- .BS
- .SH NAME
- Tcl_CreatePipeline \- create one or more child processes, with I/O redirection
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .nf
- \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
- .sp
- int
- \fBTcl_CreatePipeline\fR(\fIinterp, argc, argv, pidArrayPtr, inPipePtr, outPipePtr, errFilePtr\fR)
- .SH ARGUMENTS
- .AS Tcl_Interp **pidArrayPtr
- .AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
- Interpreter to use for error reporting.
- .AP int argc in
- Number of strings in \fIargv\fR array.
- .AP char **argv in
- Array of strings describing command(s) and I/O redirection.
- .AP int **pidArrayPtr out
- The value at \fI*pidArrayPtr\fR is modified to hold a pointer to
- an array of process identifiers. The array is dynamically
- allocated and must be freed by the caller.
- .AP char *inPipePtr out
- If this argument is NULL then standard input for the first command
- in the pipeline comes from the current standard input.
- If \fIinPipePtr\fR is not NULL then \fBTcl_CreatePipeline\fR will
- create a pipe, arrange for it to be used for standard input
- to the first command,
- and store a file id for writing to that pipe at \fI*inPipePtr\fR.
- If the command specified its own input using redirection, then
- no pipe is created and -1 is stored at \fI*inPipePtr\fR.
- .AP char *outPipePtr out
- If this argument is NULL then standard output for the last command
- in the pipeline goes to the current standard output.
- If \fIoutPipePtr\fR is not NULL then \fBTcl_CreatePipeline\fR will
- create a pipe, arrange for it to be used for standard output from
- the last command, and store a file id for reading from that
- pipe at \fI*outPipePtr\fR.
- If the command specified its own output using redirection then
- no pipe is created and -1 is stored at \fI*outPipePtr\fR.
- .AP char *errFilePtr out
- If this argument is NULL then error output for all the commands
- in the pipeline will go to the current standard error file.
- If \fIerrFilePtr\fR is not NULL, error output from all the commands
- in the pipeline will go to a temporary file created by
- \fBTcl_CreatePipeline\fR.
- A file id to read from that file will be stored at \fI*errFilePtr\fR.
- The file will already have been removed, so closing the file
- descriptor at \fI*errFilePtr\fR will cause the file to be flushed
- completely.
- .BE
-
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .PP
- \fBTcl_CreatePipeline\fR processes the \fIargv\fR array and sets
- up one or more child processes in a pipeline configuration.
- \fBTcl_CreatePipeline\fR handles pipes specified with ``|'',
- input redirection specified with ``<'' or ``<<'', and output
- redirection specified with ``>''; see the documentation for
- the \fBexec\fR command for details on these specifications.
- The return value from \fBTcl_CreatePipeline\fR is a count of
- the number of child processes created; the process identifiers
- for those processes are stored in a \fImalloc\fR-ed array and
- a pointer to that array is stored at \fI*pidArrayPtr\fR.
- It is the caller's responsibility to free the array when finished
- with it.
- .PP
- If the \fIinPipePtr\fR, \fIoutPipePtr\fR, and \fIerrFilePtr\fR
- arguments are NULL then the pipeline's standard input, standard
- output, and standard error are taken from the corresponding
- streams of the process. Non-NULL values may be specified for
- these arguments to use pipes for standard input and standard
- output and a file for standard error. \fBTcl_CreatePipeline\fR
- will create the requested pipes or file and return file identifiers
- that may be used to read or write them. It is the caller's
- responsibility to close all of these files when they are no
- longer needed. If \fIargv\fR specifies redirection for standard
- input or standard output, then pipes will not be created even
- if requested by the \fIinPipePtr\fR and \fIoutPipePtr\fR
- arguments.
- .PP
- If an error occurs in \fBTcl_CreatePipeline\fR (e.g. ``|'' or
- ``<'' was the last argument in \fIargv\fR, or it wasn't possible
- to fork off a child), then -1 is returned
- and \fIinterp->result\fR is set to an error message.
-
- .SH "SEE ALSO"
- \fBTcl_WaitPids\fR, \fBTcl_DetachPids\fR
-
- .SH KEYWORDS
- background, child, detach, fork, process, status, wait
- .VE
-