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00001 /* Invoke pipe, but avoid some glitches.
00002    Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
00003 
00004    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
00005    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
00006    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
00007    any later version.
00008 
00009    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
00010    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
00011    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
00012    GNU General Public License for more details.
00013 
00014    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
00015    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
00016    Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.  */
00017 
00018 /* Written by Jim Meyering.  */
00019 
00020 #include <config.h>
00021 
00022 #include "unistd-safer.h"
00023 
00024 #include <unistd.h>
00025 #include <errno.h>
00026 
00027 /* Like pipe, but ensure that neither of the file descriptors is
00028    STDIN_FILENO, STDOUT_FILENO, or STDERR_FILENO.  Fail with ENOSYS on
00029    platforms that lack pipe.  */
00030 
00031 int
00032 pipe_safer (int fd[2])
00033 {
00034 #if HAVE_PIPE
00035   if (pipe (fd) == 0)
00036     {
00037       int i;
00038       for (i = 0; i < 2; i++)
00039         {
00040           fd[i] = fd_safer (fd[i]);
00041           if (fd[i] < 0)
00042             {
00043               int e = errno;
00044               close (fd[1 - i]);
00045               errno = e;
00046               return -1;
00047             }
00048         }
00049 
00050       return 0;
00051     }
00052 #else
00053   errno = ENOSYS;
00054 #endif
00055 
00056   return -1;
00057 }

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