go/src/os/exec.go

// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

package os

import (
	"runtime"
	"sync"
	"sync/atomic"
	"syscall"
	"time"
)

// Process stores the information about a process created by StartProcess.
type Process struct {
	Pid    int
	handle uintptr      // handle is accessed atomically on Windows
	isdone uint32       // process has been successfully waited on, non zero if true
	sigMu  sync.RWMutex // avoid race between wait and signal
}

func newProcess(pid int, handle uintptr) *Process {
	p := &Process{Pid: pid, handle: handle}
	runtime.SetFinalizer(p, (*Process).Release)
	return p
}

func (p *Process) setDone() {
	atomic.StoreUint32(&p.isdone, 1)
}

func (p *Process) done() bool {
	return atomic.LoadUint32(&p.isdone) > 0
}

// ProcAttr holds the attributes that will be applied to a new process
// started by StartProcess.
type ProcAttr struct {
	// If Dir is non-empty, the child changes into the directory before
	// creating the process.
	Dir string
	// If Env is non-nil, it gives the environment variables for the
	// new process in the form returned by Environ.
	// If it is nil, the result of Environ will be used.
	Env []string
	// Files specifies the open files inherited by the new process. The
	// first three entries correspond to standard input, standard output, and
	// standard error. An implementation may support additional entries,
	// depending on the underlying operating system. A nil entry corresponds
	// to that file being closed when the process starts.
	Files []*File

	// Operating system-specific process creation attributes.
	// Note that setting this field means that your program
	// may not execute properly or even compile on some
	// operating systems.
	Sys *syscall.SysProcAttr
}

// A Signal represents an operating system signal.
// The usual underlying implementation is operating system-dependent:
// on Unix it is syscall.Signal.
type Signal interface {
	String() string
	Signal() // to distinguish from other Stringers
}

// Getpid returns the process id of the caller.
func Getpid() int { return syscall.Getpid() }

// Getppid returns the process id of the caller's parent.
func Getppid() int { return syscall.Getppid() }

// FindProcess looks for a running process by its pid.
//
// The Process it returns can be used to obtain information
// about the underlying operating system process.
//
// On Unix systems, FindProcess always succeeds and returns a Process
// for the given pid, regardless of whether the process exists.
func FindProcess(pid int) (*Process, error) {
	return findProcess(pid)
}

// StartProcess starts a new process with the program, arguments and attributes
// specified by name, argv and attr.
//
// StartProcess is a low-level interface. The os/exec package provides
// higher-level interfaces.
//
// If there is an error, it will be of type *PathError.
func StartProcess(name string, argv []string, attr *ProcAttr) (*Process, error) {
	return startProcess(name, argv, attr)
}

// Release releases any resources associated with the Process p,
// rendering it unusable in the future.
// Release only needs to be called if Wait is not.
func (p *Process) Release() error {
	return p.release()
}

// Kill causes the Process to exit immediately.
func (p *Process) Kill() error {
	return p.kill()
}

// Wait waits for the Process to exit, and then returns a
// ProcessState describing its status and an error, if any.
// Wait releases any resources associated with the Process.
// On most operating systems, the Process must be a child
// of the current process or an error will be returned.
func (p *Process) Wait() (*ProcessState, error) {
	return p.wait()
}

// Signal sends a signal to the Process.
// Sending Interrupt on Windows is not implemented.
func (p *Process) Signal(sig Signal) error {
	return p.signal(sig)
}

// UserTime returns the user CPU time of the exited process and its children.
func (p *ProcessState) UserTime() time.Duration {
	return p.userTime()
}

// SystemTime returns the system CPU time of the exited process and its children.
func (p *ProcessState) SystemTime() time.Duration {
	return p.systemTime()
}

// Exited reports whether the program has exited.
func (p *ProcessState) Exited() bool {
	return p.exited()
}

// Success reports whether the program exited successfully,
// such as with exit status 0 on Unix.
func (p *ProcessState) Success() bool {
	return p.success()
}

// Sys returns system-dependent exit information about
// the process. Convert it to the appropriate underlying
// type, such as syscall.WaitStatus on Unix, to access its contents.
func (p *ProcessState) Sys() interface{} {
	return p.sys()
}

// SysUsage returns system-dependent resource usage information about
// the exited process. Convert it to the appropriate underlying
// type, such as *syscall.Rusage on Unix, to access its contents.
// (On Unix, *syscall.Rusage matches struct rusage as defined in the
// getrusage(2) manual page.)
func (p *ProcessState) SysUsage() interface{} {
	return p.sysUsage()
}