I am new in unix. In the following code, I pass three arguments from the command line "~$ foo last sort more" in order to replicate "~$ last | sort | more". I am trying to create a program that will take three argument(at least 3 for now). The parent will fork three processes. The first process will write to the pipe. The second process will read and write to and from the pipe and the third process will read from the pipe and write to the stdout(terminal). First process will exec "last", second process will exec "sort" and third process will exec "more" and the processes will sleep for 1,2 and 3 secs in order to synchronize. I am pretty sure I am having trouble creating a pipe and redirecting the input and output. I don't get any output to the terminal but I can see that the processes have been created. I would appreciate some help.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <dirent.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <errno.h>
#define FOUND 1
#define NOT_FOUND 0
#define FIRST_CHILD 1
#define LAST_CHILD numargc
#define PATH_1 "/usr/bin/"
#define PATH_2 "/bin/"
#define DUP_READ() \
if (dup2(fdes[READ], fileno(stdin)) == -1) \
{ \
perror("dup error"); \
exit(4); \
}
#define DUP_WRITE() \
if (dup2(fdes[WRITE], fileno(stdout)) == -1) \
{ \
perror("dup error"); \
exit(4); \
}
#define CLOSE_FDES_READ() \
close(fdes[READ]);
#define CLOSE_FDES_WRITE() \
close(fdes[WRITE]);
#define EXEC(x, y) \
if (execl(arraycmds[x], argv[y], (char*)NULL) == -1) \
{ \
perror("EXEC ERROR"); \
exit(5); \
}
#define PRINT \
printf("FD IN:%d\n", fileno(stdin)); \
printf("FD OUT:%d\n", fileno(stdout));
enum
{
READ, /* 0 */
WRITE,
MAX
};
int cmdfinder( char* cmd, char* path); /* 1 -> found, 0 -> not found */
int main (int argc, char* argv[])
{
int numargc=argc-1;
char arraycmds[numargc][150];
int i=1, m=0, sleeptimes=5, numfork;
int rc=NOT_FOUND;
pid_t pid;
int fdes[2];
if(pipe(fdes) == -1)
{
perror("PIPE ERROR");
exit(4);
}
while(i <= numargc)
{
memset(arraycmds[m], 0, 150);
rc=cmdfinder(argv[i], arraycmds[m]);
if (rc)
{
printf("Command found:%s\n", arraycmds[m]);
}
i++;
m++;
}
i=0; //array index
numfork=1; //fork number
while(numfork <= numargc)
{
if ((pid=fork()) == -1)
{
perror("FORK ERROR");
exit(3);
}
else if (pid == 0)
{
/* Child */
sleep(sleeptimes);
if (numfork == FIRST_CHILD)
{
DUP_WRITE();
EXEC(i, numfork);
}
else if (numfork == LAST_CHILD)
{
DUP_READ();
CLOSE_FDES_WRITE();
EXEC(i, numfork);
}
else
{
DUP_READ();
DUP_WRITE();
CLOSE_FDES_READ();
CLOSE_FDES_WRITE();
EXEC(i, numfork);
}
}
else
{
/* Parent */
printf("pid:%d\n", pid);
i++;
numfork++;
sleeptimes++;
}
}
PRINT;
printf("i:%d\n", i);
printf("numfork:%d\n", numfork);
printf("DONE\n");
return 0;
}
int cmdfinder(char* cmd, char* path)
{
DIR* dir;
struct dirent *direntry;
char *pathdir;
int searchtimes=2;
while (searchtimes)
{
pathdir = (char*)malloc(250);
memset(pathdir, 0, 250);
if (searchtimes==2)
{
pathdir=PATH_1;
}
else
{
pathdir=PATH_2;
}
if ((dir = opendir(pathdir)) == NULL)
{
perror("Directory not found");
exit (1);
}
else
{
while (direntry = readdir(dir))
{
if (strncmp( direntry->d_name, cmd, strlen(cmd)) == 0)
{
strcat(path, pathdir);
strcat(path, cmd);
//searchtimes--;
return FOUND;
}
}
}
closedir(dir);
searchtimes--;
}
printf("%s: Not Found\n", cmd);
return NOT_FOUND;
}
