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author Yasuri <linuxoverwindows@charliesmp.net>
date Sat, 05 Sep 2026 15:35:48 -0500
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#include <iostream>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <spawn.h>
#include <cstring>
#include <string>
#include <sys/wait.h>
extern char** environ;
std::string run_piped(const char* path, char* const argv[], const std::string& input) 
{
    int status;
    pid_t pid;
    int pipeA[2];
    int pipeB[2];
    pipe(pipeA);
    pipe(pipeB);
    posix_spawn_file_actions_t actions;
    posix_spawn_file_actions_init(&actions); // initialize actions
    posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2(&actions, pipeA[0], STDIN_FILENO);
    posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2(&actions, pipeB[1], STDOUT_FILENO);
    posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose(&actions, pipeA[1]); // closes write end in child
    posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose(&actions, pipeB[0]); // makes sure child doesn't read its own output pipe
    posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose(&actions, pipeA[0]); // close read fd in child
    posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose(&actions, pipeB[1]); // close read fd in child, part 2
    std::cout << "Running posix_spawn()..." << std::endl;
    status = posix_spawn(&pid, path, &actions, NULL, const_cast<char* const*>(argv), environ);
    close(pipeA[0]);
    close(pipeB[1]);
    if (status != 0) {
        posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy(&actions);
        close(pipeA[1]);
        close(pipeB[0]);
        std::cerr << "posix_spawn failed: " << strerror(status) << std::endl;
        return "error";
    }
    write(pipeA[1],input.c_str(), input.size());
    close(pipeA[1]);
    char buf[256];
std::string result;
ssize_t n;
while ((n = read(pipeB[0], buf, sizeof(buf))) > 0) {
    result.append(buf, n);
}
    close(pipeB[0]);
    if (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) == -1) {
        posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy(&actions);
        close(pipeA[1]);
        close(pipeB[0]);
        perror("waitpid");
        return "error";
    }
    return result; 
}