1 // $Id: vshelper-sync.c 2087 2005-05-05 09:21:21Z ensc $ --*- c -*--
3 // Copyright (C) 2004 Enrico Scholz <enrico.scholz@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de>
5 // This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
6 // it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
7 // the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
9 // This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 // GNU General Public License for more details.
14 // You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 // along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
16 // Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
33 showHelp(int fd, char const *cmd, int res)
35 WRITE_MSG(fd, "Usage: ");
38 " [--] <pipe> <timeout>\n\n"
39 "Please report bugs to " PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "\n");
47 "vshelper-sync " VERSION " -- waits for data from a pipe"
48 "This program is part of " PACKAGE_STRING "\n\n"
49 "Copyright (C) 2004 Enrico Scholz\n"
50 VERSION_COPYRIGHT_DISCLAIMER);
54 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
58 struct timeval timeout;
61 if (strcmp(argv[1], "--help") ==0) showHelp(1, argv[0], 0);
62 if (strcmp(argv[1], "--version")==0) showVersion();
63 if (strcmp(argv[1], "--") ==0) ++idx;
67 WRITE_MSG(2, "Not enough parameters; use '--help' for more information\n");
71 fd = open(argv[idx], O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK, 0);
73 perror("vshelper-sync: open()");
77 timeout.tv_sec = atoi(argv[idx+1]);
89 # error vshelper relies on the Linux select() behavior (timeout holds remaining time)
92 switch (select(fd+1, &fds, 0,0, &timeout)) {
93 case 0 : return EXIT_FAILURE; // timeout
95 perror("vshelper: select()");
100 assert(FD_ISSET(fd, &fds));
102 len = read(fd,buf,sizeof buf);
105 perror("vshelper-sync: read()");