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author | Fredrik Lundh <fredrik@pythonware.com> | 2000-07-09 11:35:36 (GMT) |
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committer | Fredrik Lundh <fredrik@pythonware.com> | 2000-07-09 11:35:36 (GMT) |
commit | 43298d1fff01a8cc170722738263b8af7e1119a1 (patch) | |
tree | 951525c08817531cc925b9bfac6ed04ce182077c /PC | |
parent | c2e7da9859c54b91b0cb8e20e91be60437a765f6 (diff) | |
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- win95/98 helper for new os.popen code
this should be built as a console application (link with
USER32.LIB), and installed in the same directory as the
Python DLL.
Diffstat (limited to 'PC')
-rw-r--r-- | PC/w9xpopen.c | 60 |
1 files changed, 60 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/PC/w9xpopen.c b/PC/w9xpopen.c new file mode 100644 index 0000000..160238c --- /dev/null +++ b/PC/w9xpopen.c @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +/* + * w9xpopen.c + * + * Serves as an intermediate stub Win32 console application to + * avoid a hanging pipe when redirecting 16-bit console based + * programs (including MS-DOS console based programs and batch + * files) on Window 95 and Windows 98. + * + * This program is to be launched with redirected standard + * handles. It will launch the command line specified 16-bit + * console based application in the same console, forwarding + * it's own redirected standard handles to the 16-bit child. + + * AKA solution to the problem described in KB: Q150956. + */ + +#define WINDOWS_LEAN_AND_MEAN +#include <windows.h> + +const char *usage = +"This program is used by Python's os.pipe function to\n" +"to work around a limitation in Windows 95/98. It is\n" +"not designed to be used as stand-alone program."; + +int main(int argc, char *argv[]) +{ + BOOL bRet; + STARTUPINFO si; + PROCESS_INFORMATION pi; + + if (argc != 2) { + MessageBox(NULL, usage, argv[0], MB_OK); + return 1; + } + + /* Make child process use this app's standard files. */ + ZeroMemory(&si, sizeof si); + si.cb = sizeof si; + si.dwFlags = STARTF_USESTDHANDLES; + si.hStdInput = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE); + si.hStdOutput = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE); + si.hStdError = GetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE); + + bRet = CreateProcess( + NULL, argv[1], + NULL, NULL, + TRUE, 0, + NULL, NULL, + &si, &pi + ); + + if (bRet) { + WaitForSingleObject(pi.hProcess, INFINITE); + CloseHandle(pi.hProcess); + CloseHandle(pi.hThread); + return 0; + } + + return 1; +} |