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+/*
+ * Copyright notice from original mutt:
+ * Copyright (C) 1996-2000 Michael R. Elkins.
+ *
+ * This file is part of mutt-ng, see http://www.muttng.org/.
+ * It's licensed under the GNU General Public License,
+ * please see the file GPL in the top level source directory.
+ */
+
+#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include "mutt_signal.h"
+#include "unix.h"
+
+/* Invokes a commmand on a pipe and optionally connects its stdin and stdout
+ * to the specified handles.
+ */
+pid_t
+mutt_create_filter_fd (const char *cmd, FILE ** in, FILE ** out, FILE ** err,
+ int fdin, int fdout, int fderr)
+{
+ int pin[2], pout[2], perr[2], thepid;
+
+ if (in) {
+ *in = 0;
+ if (pipe (pin) == -1)
+ return (-1);
+ }
+
+ if (out) {
+ *out = 0;
+ if (pipe (pout) == -1) {
+ if (in) {
+ close (pin[0]);
+ close (pin[1]);
+ }
+ return (-1);
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (err) {
+ *err = 0;
+ if (pipe (perr) == -1) {
+ if (in) {
+ close (pin[0]);
+ close (pin[1]);
+ }
+ if (out) {
+ close (pout[0]);
+ close (pout[1]);
+ }
+ return (-1);
+ }
+ }
+
+ mutt_block_signals_system ();
+
+ if ((thepid = fork ()) == 0) {
+ mutt_unblock_signals_system (0);
+
+ if (in) {
+ close (pin[1]);
+ dup2 (pin[0], 0);
+ close (pin[0]);
+ }
+ else if (fdin != -1) {
+ dup2 (fdin, 0);
+ close (fdin);
+ }
+
+ if (out) {
+ close (pout[0]);
+ dup2 (pout[1], 1);
+ close (pout[1]);
+ }
+ else if (fdout != -1) {
+ dup2 (fdout, 1);
+ close (fdout);
+ }
+
+ if (err) {
+ close (perr[0]);
+ dup2 (perr[1], 2);
+ close (perr[1]);
+ }
+ else if (fderr != -1) {
+ dup2 (fderr, 2);
+ close (fderr);
+ }
+
+ execl ("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", cmd, NULL);
+ _exit (127);
+ }
+ else if (thepid == -1) {
+ mutt_unblock_signals_system (1);
+
+ if (in) {
+ close (pin[0]);
+ close (pin[1]);
+ }
+
+ if (out) {
+ close (pout[0]);
+ close (pout[1]);
+ }
+
+ if (err) {
+ close (perr[0]);
+ close (perr[1]);
+ }
+
+ return (-1);
+ }
+
+ if (out) {
+ close (pout[1]);
+ *out = fdopen (pout[0], "r");
+ }
+
+ if (in) {
+ close (pin[0]);
+ *in = fdopen (pin[1], "w");
+ }
+
+ if (err) {
+ close (perr[1]);
+ *err = fdopen (perr[0], "r");
+ }
+
+ return (thepid);
+}
+
+pid_t mutt_create_filter (const char *s, FILE ** in, FILE ** out, FILE ** err)
+{
+ return (mutt_create_filter_fd (s, in, out, err, -1, -1, -1));
+}
+
+int mutt_wait_filter (pid_t pid)
+{
+ int rc;
+
+ waitpid (pid, &rc, 0);
+ mutt_unblock_signals_system (1);
+ rc = WIFEXITED (rc) ? WEXITSTATUS (rc) : -1;
+
+ return rc;
+}