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Improve documentation on subprocess API
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@ -618,7 +618,11 @@ os_proc_wait_impl(JanetProc *proc) {
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JANET_CORE_FN(os_proc_wait,
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"(os/proc-wait proc)",
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"Suspend the current fiber until the subprocess completes. Returns the subprocess return code.") {
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"Suspend the current fiber until the subprocess completes. Returns the subprocess return code. "
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"os/proc-wait cannot be called twice on the same process. If `ev/with-deadline` cancels `os/proc-wait` "
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"with an error or os/proc-wait is cancelled with any error caused by anything else, os/proc-wait still "
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"finishes in the background. Only after os/proc-wait finishes, a process is cleaned up by the operating "
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"system. Thus, a process becomes a zombie process if os/proc-wait is not called.") {
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janet_fixarity(argc, 1);
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JanetProc *proc = janet_getabstract(argv, 0, &ProcAT);
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#ifdef JANET_EV
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@ -729,10 +733,11 @@ static int get_signal_kw(const Janet *argv, int32_t n) {
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JANET_CORE_FN(os_proc_kill,
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"(os/proc-kill proc &opt wait signal)",
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"Kill a subprocess by sending SIGKILL to it on posix systems, or by closing the process "
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"handle on windows. If `wait` is truthy, will wait for the process to finish and "
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"returns the exit code. Otherwise, returns `proc`. If signal is specified send it instead."
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"Signal keywords are named after their C counterparts but in lowercase with the leading "
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"`SIG` stripped. Signals are ignored on windows.") {
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"handle on windows. If os/proc-wait already finished for proc, os/proc-kill raises an error. After "
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"sending signal to proc, if `wait` is truthy, will wait for the process to finish and return the exit "
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"code by calling os/proc-wait. Otherwise, returns `proc`. If signal is specified, send it instead. "
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"Signal keywords are named after their C counterparts but in lowercase with the leading `SIG` stripped. "
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"Signals are ignored on windows.") {
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janet_arity(argc, 1, 3);
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JanetProc *proc = janet_getabstract(argv, 0, &ProcAT);
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if (proc->flags & JANET_PROC_WAITED) {
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@ -771,8 +776,9 @@ JANET_CORE_FN(os_proc_kill,
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JANET_CORE_FN(os_proc_close,
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"(os/proc-close proc)",
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"Wait on a process if it has not been waited on, and close pipes created by `os/spawn` "
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"if they have not been closed. Returns nil.") {
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"Close pipes created by `os/spawn` if they have not been closed. Then, if os/proc-wait was not already "
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"called on proc, os/proc-wait is called on it, and it returns the exit code returned by os/proc-wait. "
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"Otherwise, returns nil.") {
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janet_fixarity(argc, 1);
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JanetProc *proc = janet_getabstract(argv, 0, &ProcAT);
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#ifdef JANET_EV
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@ -1377,21 +1383,26 @@ JANET_CORE_FN(os_execute,
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"* :d - Don't try and terminate the process on garbage collection (allow spawning zombies).\n"
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"`env` is a table or struct mapping environment variables to values. It can also "
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"contain the keys :in, :out, and :err, which allow redirecting stdio in the subprocess. "
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"These arguments should be core/file values. "
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"Returns the exit status of the program.") {
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":in, :out, and :err should be core/file values or core/stream values. core/file values and core/stream "
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"values passed to :in, :out, and :err should be closed manually because os/execute doesn't close them. "
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"Returns the exit code of the program.") {
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return os_execute_impl(argc, argv, JANET_EXECUTE_EXECUTE);
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}
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JANET_CORE_FN(os_spawn,
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"(os/spawn args &opt flags env)",
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"Execute a program on the system and return a handle to the process. Otherwise, takes the "
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"same arguments as `os/execute`. Does not wait for the process. "
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"For each of the :in, :out, and :err keys to the `env` argument, one "
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"can also pass in the keyword `:pipe` "
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"to get streams for standard IO of the subprocess that can be read from and written to. "
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"The returned value `proc` has the fields :in, :out, :err, :return-code, and "
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"the additional field :pid on unix-like platforms. Use `(os/proc-wait proc)` to rejoin the "
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"subprocess or `(os/proc-kill proc)`.") {
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"same arguments as `os/execute`. Does not wait for the process. For each of the :in, :out, and :err keys "
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"of the `env` argument, one can also pass in the keyword `:pipe` to get streams for standard IO of the "
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"subprocess that can be read from and written to. The returned value `proc` has the fields :in, :out, "
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":err, and the additional field :pid on unix-like platforms. `(os/proc-wait proc)` must be called to "
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"rejoin the subprocess. After `(os/proc-wait proc)` finishes, proc gains a new field, :return-code. "
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"If :x flag is passed to os/spawn, non-zero exit code will cause os/proc-wait to raise an error. "
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"If pipe streams created with :pipe keyword are not closed in time, janet can run out of file "
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"descriptors. They can be closed individually, or `os/proc-close` can close all pipe streams on proc. "
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"If pipe streams aren't read before `os/proc-wait` finishes, then pipe buffers become full, and the "
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"process cannot finish because the process cannot print more on pipe buffers which are already full. "
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"If the process cannot finish, os/proc-wait cannot finish, either.") {
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return os_execute_impl(argc, argv, JANET_EXECUTE_SPAWN);
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}
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