Open a file for writing unless the filename starts with a | in which case open as a pipe. More...

#include "port.h"
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <string.h>
#include "macros.h"

Detailed Description

Open a file for writing unless the filename starts with a | in which case open as a pipe.

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Description:

V1.0 26.05.97 Original By: ACRM
V1.1 26.06.97 Added calls to signal()
V1.2 27.02.98 Uses port.h
V1.3 18.08.98 Added cast to popen() for SunOS
V1.4 28.01.04 Added NOPIPE define. Allows compilation on systems which don't support unix pipes
V1.5 03.02.06 Added prototypes for popen() and pclose()
V1.6 29.06.07 popen() and pclose() prototypes now skipped for MAC OSX which defines them differently
V1.7 17.03.09 popen() prototype now skipped for Windows.
V1.8 02.04.09 Clean compile with NOPIPE defined
V1.9 07.07.14 Use bl prefix for functions By: CTP
V1.10 17.07.14 Added 'stdout' as a special file which maps to standard output

Definition in file openorpipe.c.

int blCloseOrPipe ( FILE * fp )

Parameters

[in] *fp File pointer to be closed

Attempts to close a file pointer as a pipe. If it isn't associated with a pipe (i.e. pclose returns (-1)), tries again to close it as a normal file.

Definition at line 172 of file openorpipe.c.

FILE* blOpenOrPipe ( char * filename )

Parameters

[in] *filename A file or pipe to be opened

Opens a file for writing unless the filename begins with a | in which case it is opened as a pipe.

Broken pipe signals are ignored.

Definition at line 128 of file openorpipe.c.

int pclose ( FILE * )