man/man3/filter_create_fd.3

.TH filter_create_fd 3 "12 July 2007" "ClearSilver" "util/filter.h"

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.SH NAME
filter_create_fd  - Create a sub process and return the
requested pipes
.SH SYNOPSIS
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#include <util/filter.h>
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NEOERR *filter_create_fd(const char *cmd, int *fdin, int *fdout, int *fderr, 
                         pid_t *pid);

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.SH ARGUMENTS
cmd -> the sub command to execute.  Will be executed with
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/bin/sh -c
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fdin -> pointer to return the stdin pipe, or NULL if you don't
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want the stdin pipe
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fdout -> pointer to return the stdout pipe, or NULL if you don't
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want the stdout pipe
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fderr -> pointer to return the stderr pipe, or NULL if you don't
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want the stderr pipe

.SH DESCRIPTION
filter_create_fd and filter_create_fp are what popen

been: a mechanism to create sub processes
and have pipes to all their input/output.  The concept
was taken from mutt, though python has something similar
with popen3/popen4.  You control which pipes the
function returns by the fdin/fdout/fderr arguments.  A
NULL value means "don't create a pipe", a pointer to an
int will cause the pipes to be created and the value
of the file descriptor stored in the int.  You will have
to close(2) the file descriptors yourself.

.SH "RETURN VALUE"
fdin -> the stdin file descriptor of the sub process
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fdout -> the stdout file descriptor of the sub process
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fderr -> the stderr file descriptor of the sub process
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pid -> the pid of the sub process

.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR filter_wait "(3), "filter_create_fp "(3), "filter_create_fd