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-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/src/os.erl14
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/test/os_SUITE.erl17
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/test/os_SUITE_data/Makefile.src8
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/test/os_SUITE_data/my_fds.c9
4 files changed, 43 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/src/os.erl b/lib/kernel/src/os.erl
index 05bbf1069e..f8519d3a5e 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/src/os.erl
+++ b/lib/kernel/src/os.erl
@@ -254,7 +254,19 @@ mk_cmd(_,Cmd) ->
{"/bin/sh -s unix:cmd", [out],
%% We insert a new line after the command, in case the command
%% contains a comment character.
- ["(", unicode:characters_to_binary(Cmd), "\n); echo \"\^D\"\n"],
+ %%
+ %% The </dev/null closes stdin, which means that programs
+ %% that use a closed stdin as an termination indicator works.
+ %% An example of such a program is 'more'.
+ %%
+ %% The "echo ^D" is used to indicate that the program has executed
+ %% and we should return any output we have gotten. We cannot use
+ %% termination of the child or closing of stdin/stdout as then
+ %% starting background jobs from os:cmd will block os:cmd.
+ %%
+ %% I tried changing this to be "better", but got bombarded with
+ %% backwards incompatibility bug reports, so leave this as it is.
+ ["(", unicode:characters_to_binary(Cmd), "\n) </dev/null; echo \"\^D\"\n"],
<<$\^D>>}.
validate(Atom) when is_atom(Atom) ->
diff --git a/lib/kernel/test/os_SUITE.erl b/lib/kernel/test/os_SUITE.erl
index 19ab3713a1..ef252b732d 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/test/os_SUITE.erl
+++ b/lib/kernel/test/os_SUITE.erl
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
-export([space_in_cwd/1, quoting/1, cmd_unicode/1, space_in_name/1, bad_command/1,
find_executable/1, unix_comment_in_command/1, deep_list_command/1,
large_output_command/1, background_command/0, background_command/1,
- message_leak/1, perf_counter_api/1]).
+ message_leak/1, close_stdin/0, close_stdin/1, perf_counter_api/1]).
-include_lib("common_test/include/ct.hrl").
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ all() ->
[space_in_cwd, quoting, cmd_unicode, space_in_name, bad_command,
find_executable, unix_comment_in_command, deep_list_command,
large_output_command, background_command, message_leak,
- perf_counter_api].
+ close_stdin, perf_counter_api].
groups() ->
[].
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ init_per_group(_GroupName, Config) ->
end_per_group(_GroupName, Config) ->
Config.
-init_per_testcase(background_command, Config) ->
+init_per_testcase(TC, Config)
+ when TC =:= background_command; TC =:= close_stdin ->
case os:type() of
{win32, _} ->
{skip,"Should not work on windows"};
@@ -302,6 +303,16 @@ message_leak(_Config) ->
process_flag(trap_exit, false).
+%% Test that os:cmd closes stdin of the program that is executed
+close_stdin() ->
+ [{timetrap, {seconds, 5}}].
+close_stdin(Config) ->
+ DataDir = proplists:get_value(data_dir, Config),
+ Fds = filename:join(DataDir, "my_fds"),
+
+ "-1" = os:cmd(Fds).
+
+
%% Test that the os:perf_counter api works as expected
perf_counter_api(_Config) ->
diff --git a/lib/kernel/test/os_SUITE_data/Makefile.src b/lib/kernel/test/os_SUITE_data/Makefile.src
index 912d0cbcb1..f83f781411 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/test/os_SUITE_data/Makefile.src
+++ b/lib/kernel/test/os_SUITE_data/Makefile.src
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ LD = @LD@
CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@ -I@erl_include@ @DEFS@
CROSSLDFLAGS = @CROSSLDFLAGS@
-PROGS = my_echo@exe@
+PROGS = my_echo@exe@ my_fds@exe@
all: $(PROGS)
@@ -12,3 +12,9 @@ my_echo@exe@: my_echo@obj@
my_echo@obj@: my_echo.c
$(CC) -c -o my_echo@obj@ $(CFLAGS) my_echo.c
+
+my_fds@exe@: my_fds@obj@
+ $(LD) $(CROSSLDFLAGS) -o my_fds my_fds@obj@ @LIBS@
+
+my_fds@obj@: my_fds.c
+ $(CC) -c -o my_fds@obj@ $(CFLAGS) my_fds.c
diff --git a/lib/kernel/test/os_SUITE_data/my_fds.c b/lib/kernel/test/os_SUITE_data/my_fds.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..704a4d1e1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/kernel/test/os_SUITE_data/my_fds.c
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int
+main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+ char buff[1];
+ int res = read(stdin, buff, 1);
+ printf("%d", res);
+}