Module: NzbGetPP::Shellout

Included in:
PostProcessor
Defined in:
lib/nzbgetpp/shellout.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#shellout(cmd) ⇒ Object

FIXME: probably want to implement timeouts here..



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# File 'lib/nzbgetpp/shellout.rb', line 4

def shellout(cmd)
  stdout_rd, stdout_wr = IO.pipe
  stderr_rd, stderr_wr = IO.pipe
  child_pid, child_status = nil
  child_pid = Kernel.fork

  if child_pid
    stdout_wr.close
    stderr_wr.close
    return [child_pid, stdout_rd, stderr_rd]
  else
    Process.setsid
    STDIN.close
    STDOUT.reopen(stdout_wr)
    STDERR.reopen(stderr_wr)
    3.upto(256) { |fd| IO.new(fd).close rescue nil }

    Kernel.exec(cmd)
    # Never reached.
    Kernel.exit!
  end
end