/* $Id$ Part of SWI-Prolog Author: Jan Wielemaker E-mail: J.Wielemak@uva.nl WWW: http://www.swi-prolog.org Copyright (C): 2008-2009, University of Amsterdam 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 library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA As a special exception, if you link this library with other files, compiled with a Free Software compiler, to produce an executable, this library does not by itself cause the resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License. This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License. */ :- module(process, [ process_create/3, % +Exe, +Args, +Options process_wait/2, % +PID, -Status process_wait/3, % +PID, -Status, +Options process_id/1, % -PID process_id/2, % +Process, -PID is_process/1, % +PID process_release/1, % +PID process_kill/1, % +PID process_kill/2 % +PID, -Signal ]). :- use_module(library(shlib)). :- use_module(library(lists)). :- use_module(library(option)). :- use_module(library(error)). :- use_module(library(maplist)). :- use_foreign_library(foreign(process)). /** Create processes and redirect I/O The module library(process) implements interaction with child processes and unifies older interfaces such as shell/[1,2], open(pipe(command), ...) etc. This library is modelled after SICStus 4. The main interface is formed by process_create/3. If the process id is requested the process must be waited for using process_wait/2. Otherwise the process resources are reclaimed automatically. In addition to the predicates, this module defines a file search path (see user:file_search_path/2 and absolute_file_name/3) named =path= that locates files on the system's search path for executables. E.g. the following finds the executable for =ls=: == ?- absolute_file_name(path(ls), Path, [access(execute)]). == *|Incompatibilities and current limitations|* * Where SICStus distinguishes between an internal process id and the OS process id, this implements does not make this distinction. This implies that is_process/1 is incomplete and unreliable. * SICStus only supports ISO 8859-1 (latin-1). This implementation supports arbitrary OS multibyte interaction using the default locale. * It is unclear what the detached(true) option is supposed to do. Disable signals in the child? Use setsid() to detach from the session? The current implementation uses setsid() * An extra option env([Name=Value, ...]) is added to process_create/3. @tbd Implement detached option in process_create/3 @compat SICStus 4 */ /******************************* * PATH HANDLING * *******************************/ :- multifile user:file_search_path/2. :- dynamic user:file_search_path/2. user:file_search_path(path, Dir) :- getenv('PATH', Path), ( current_prolog_flag(windows, true) -> atomic_list_concat(Dirs, (;), Path) ; atomic_list_concat(Dirs, :, Path) ), member(Dir, Dirs). %% process_create(+Exe, +Args:list, +Options) is det. % % Create a new process running the file Exe and using arguments % from the given list. Exe is a file specification as handed to % absolute_file_name/3. Typically one use the =path= file alias to % specify an executable file on the current PATH. Args is a list % of arguments that are handed to the new process. On Unix % systems, each element in the list becomes a seperate argument in % the new process. In Windows, the arguments are simply % concatenated to form the commandline. Each argument itself is % either a primitive or a list of primitives. A primitive is % either atomic or a term file(Spec). Using file(Spec), the system % inserts a filename using the OS filename conventions which is % properly quoted if needed. % % Options: % % * stdin(Spec) % * stdout(Spec) % * stderr(Spec) % Bind the standard streams of the new process. Spec is one of % the terms below. If pipe(Pipe) is used, the Prolog stream is % a stream in text-mode using the encoding of the default % locale. The encoding can be changed using set_stream/2. % % * std % Just share with the Prolog I/O streams % * null % Bind to a _null_ stream. Reading from such a stream % returns end-of-file, writing produces no output % * pipe(-Stream) % Attach input and/or output to a Prolog stream. % % * cwd(+Directory) % Run the new process in Directory. Directory can be a % compound specification, which is converted using % absolute_file_name/3. % * env(+List) % Specify the environment for the new process. List is % a list of Name=Value terms. Note that the current % implementation does not pass any environment variables. % If unspecified, the environment is inherited from the % Prolog process. % * process(-PID) % Unify PID with the process id of the created process. % * detached(+Bool) % If =true=, detach the process from the terminal (Unix only) % Currently mapped to setsid(); % * window(+Bool) % If =true=, create a window for the process (Windows only) % % If the user specifies the process(-PID) option, he *must* call % process_wait/2 to reclaim the process. Without this option, the % system will wait for completion of the process after the last % pipe stream is closed. % % If the process is not waited for, it must succeed with status 0. % If not, an process_error is raised. % % *|Windows notes|* % % On Windows this call is an interface to the CreateProcess() API. % The commandline consists of the basename of Exe and the % arguments formed from Args. Arguments are separated by a single % space. If all characters satisfy iswalnum() it is unquoted. If % the argument contains a double-quote it is quoted using single % quotes. If both single and double quotes appear a domain_error % is raised, otherwise double-quote are used. % % The CreateProcess() API has many options. Currently only the % =CREATE_NO_WINDOW= options is supported through the % window(+Bool) option. If omitted, the default is to use this % option if the application has no console. Future versions are % likely to support more window specific options and replace % win_exec/2. % % *Examples* % % First, a very simple example that behaves the same as % =|shell('ls -l')|=, except for error handling: % % == % ?- process_create(path(ls), ['-l'], []). % == % % @tbd The detach options is a no-op. % @error process_error(Exe, Status) where Status is one of % exit(Code) or killed(Signal). Raised if the process % does not exit with status 0. process_create(Exe, Args, Options) :- exe_options(ExeOptions), absolute_file_name(Exe, PlProg, ExeOptions), must_be(list, Args), maplist(map_arg, Args, Av), prolog_to_os_filename(PlProg, Prog), Term =.. [Prog|Av], expand_cwd_option(Options, Options1), process_create(Term, Options1). exe_options(Options) :- current_prolog_flag(windows, true), !, Options = [ extensions(['',exe,com]), access(read) ]. exe_options(Options) :- Options = [ access(execute) ]. expand_cwd_option(Options0, Options) :- select_option(cwd(Spec), Options0, Options1), !, ( compound(Spec) -> absolute_file_name(Spec, PlDir, [file_type(directory), access(read)]), prolog_to_os_filename(PlDir, Dir), Options = [cwd(Dir)|Options1] ; exists_directory(Spec) -> Options = Options0 ; existence_error(directory, Spec) ). expand_cwd_option(Options, Options). %% map_arg(+ArgIn, -Arg) is det. % % Map an individual argument. Primitives are either file(Spec) or % an atomic value (atom, string, number). If ArgIn is a non-empty % list, all elements are converted and the results are % concatenated. map_arg([], []) :- !. map_arg(List, Arg) :- is_list(List), !, maplist(map_arg_prim, List, Prims), atomic_list_concat(Prims, Arg). map_arg(Prim, Arg) :- map_arg_prim(Prim, Arg). map_arg_prim(file(Spec), File) :- !, ( compound(Spec) -> absolute_file_name(Spec, PlFile) ; PlFile = Spec ), prolog_to_os_filename(PlFile, File). map_arg_prim(Arg, Arg). %% process_id(-PID) is det. % % True if PID is the process id of the running Prolog process. % % @deprecated Use current_prolog_flag(pid, PID) process_id(PID) :- current_prolog_flag(pid, PID). %% process_id(+Process, -PID) is det. % % PID is the process id of Process. Given that they are united in % SWI-Prolog, this is a simple unify. process_id(PID, PID). %% is_process(+PID) is semidet. % % True if PID might be a process. Succeeds for any positive % integer. is_process(PID) :- integer(PID), PID > 0. %% process_release(+PID) % % Release process handle. In this implementation this is the same % as process_wait(PID, _). process_release(PID) :- process_wait(PID, _). %% process_wait(+PID, -Status) is det. %% process_wait(+PID, -Status, +Options) is det. % % True if PID completed with Status. This call normally blocks % until the process is finished. Options: % % * timeout(+Timeout) % Default: =infinite=. If this option is a number, the % waits for a maximum of Timeout seconds and unifies Status % with =timeout= if the process does not terminate within % Timeout. In this case PID is _not_ invalidated. On Unix % systems only timeout 0 and =infinite= are supported. A % 0-value can be used to poll the status of the process. % % * release(+Bool) % Do/do not release the process. We do not support this flag % and a domain_error is raised if release(false) is provided. process_wait(PID, Status) :- process_wait(PID, Status, []). %% process_kill(+PID) is det. %% process_kill(+PID, +Signal) is det. % % Send signal to process PID. Default is =term=. Signal is an % integer, Unix signal name (e.g. =SIGSTOP=) or the more Prolog % friendly variation one gets after removing =SIG= and downcase % the result: =stop=. On Windows systems, Signal is ignored and % the process is terminated using the TerminateProcess() API. On % Windows systems PID must be obtained from process_create/3, % while any PID is allowed on Unix systems. % % @compat SICStus does not accept the prolog friendly version. We % choose to do so for compatibility with on_signal/3. process_kill(PID) :- process_kill(PID, term). /******************************* * MESSAGES * *******************************/ :- multifile prolog:error_message/3. prolog:error_message(process_error(File, exit(Status))) --> [ 'Process "~w": exit status: ~w'-[File, Status] ]. prolog:error_message(process_error(File, killed(Signal))) --> [ 'Process "~w": killed by signal ~w'-[File, Signal] ].