start.c

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/*!
 * \file db/dbmi_client/start.c
 *
 * \brief DBMI Library (client) - open database connection
 *
 * (C) 1999-2008 by the GRASS Development Team
 *
 * This program is free software under the GNU General Public
 * License (>=v2). Read the file COPYING that comes with GRASS
 * for details.
 *
 * \author Joel Jones (CERL/UIUC), Radim Blazek
 */
 
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
 
#ifdef __MINGW32__
#include <windows.h>
#include <process.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#endif
 
#include <grass/spawn.h>
#include <grass/dbmi.h>
 
#define READ  0
#define WRITE 1
 
static void close_on_exec(int fd)
{
#ifndef __MINGW32__
    int flags = fcntl(fd, F_GETFD);
 
    fcntl(fd, F_SETFD, flags | FD_CLOEXEC);
#endif
}
 
/*!
   \brief Initialize a new dbDriver for db transaction.
 
   If <i>name</i> is NULL, the db name will be assigned
   connection.driverName.
 
   \param name driver name
 
   \return pointer to dbDriver structure
   \return NULL on error
 */
dbDriver *db_start_driver(const char *name)
{
    dbDriver *driver;
    dbDbmscap *list, *cur;
    const char *startup;
    int p1[2], p2[2];
    int pid;
    int stat;
    dbConnection connection;
    char ebuf[5];
 
    /* Set some environment variables which are later read by driver.
     * This is necessary when application is running without GISRC file and all
     * gis variables are set by application.
     * Even if GISRC is set, application may change some variables during
     * runtime, if for example reads data from different gdatabase, location or
     * mapset */
 
    /* setenv() is not portable, putenv() is POSIX, putenv() in glibc 2.0-2.1.1
     * doesn't conform to SUSv2, G_putenv() as well, but that is what we want,
     * makes a copy of string */
    if (G_get_gisrc_mode() == G_GISRC_MODE_MEMORY) {
        G_debug(3, "G_GISRC_MODE_MEMORY\n");
        sprintf(ebuf, "%d", G_GISRC_MODE_MEMORY);
        G_putenv("GRASS_DB_DRIVER_GISRC_MODE",
                 ebuf); /* to tell driver that it must read variables */
 
        if (G_getenv_nofatal("DEBUG")) {
            G_putenv("DEBUG", G_getenv_nofatal("DEBUG"));
        }
        else {
            G_putenv("DEBUG", "0");
        }
 
        G_putenv("GISDBASE", G_getenv_nofatal("GISDBASE"));
        G_putenv("LOCATION_NAME", G_getenv_nofatal("LOCATION_NAME"));
        G_putenv("MAPSET", G_getenv_nofatal("MAPSET"));
    }
    else {
        /* Warning: GISRC_MODE_MEMORY _must_ be set to G_GISRC_MODE_FILE,
         * because the module can be run from an application which previously
         * set environment variable to G_GISRC_MODE_MEMORY */
        sprintf(ebuf, "%d", G_GISRC_MODE_FILE);
        G_putenv("GRASS_DB_DRIVER_GISRC_MODE", ebuf);
    }
 
    /* read the dbmscap file */
    if (NULL == (list = db_read_dbmscap()))
        return (dbDriver *)NULL;
 
    /* if name is empty use connection.driverName, added by RB 4/2000 */
    if (name == NULL || name[0] == '\0') {
        db_get_connection(&connection);
        if (NULL == (name = connection.driverName))
            return (dbDriver *)NULL;
    }
 
    /* find this system name */
    for (cur = list; cur; cur = cur->next)
        if (strcmp(cur->driverName, name) == 0)
            break;
    if (cur == NULL) {
        char msg[256];
 
        db_free_dbmscap(list);
        sprintf(msg, "%s: no such driver available", name);
        db_error(msg);
        return (dbDriver *)NULL;
    }
 
    /* allocate a driver structure */
    driver = (dbDriver *)db_malloc(sizeof(dbDriver));
    if (driver == NULL) {
        db_free_dbmscap(list);
        return (dbDriver *)NULL;
    }
 
    /* copy the relevant info from the dbmscap entry into the driver structure
     */
    db_copy_dbmscap_entry(&driver->dbmscap, cur);
    startup = driver->dbmscap.startup;
 
    /* free the dbmscap list */
    db_free_dbmscap(list);
 
    /* run the driver as a child process and create pipes to its stdin, stdout
     */
 
#ifdef __MINGW32__
#define pipe(fds) _pipe(fds, 250000, _O_BINARY | _O_NOINHERIT)
#endif
 
    /* open the pipes */
    if ((pipe(p1) < 0) || (pipe(p2) < 0)) {
        db_syserror("can't open any pipes");
        return (dbDriver *)NULL;
    }
 
    close_on_exec(p1[READ]);
    close_on_exec(p1[WRITE]);
    close_on_exec(p2[READ]);
    close_on_exec(p2[WRITE]);
 
    pid =
        G_spawn_ex(startup, SF_BACKGROUND, SF_REDIRECT_DESCRIPTOR, 0, p1[READ],
                   SF_CLOSE_DESCRIPTOR, p1[WRITE], SF_REDIRECT_DESCRIPTOR, 1,
                   p2[WRITE], SF_CLOSE_DESCRIPTOR, p2[READ], startup, NULL);
 
    /* create a child */
    if (pid < 0) {
        db_syserror("can't create fork");
        return (dbDriver *)NULL;
    }
 
    close(p1[READ]);
    close(p2[WRITE]);
 
    /* record driver process id in driver struct */
    driver->pid = pid;
 
    /* convert pipes to FILE* */
    driver->send = fdopen(p1[WRITE], "wb");
    driver->recv = fdopen(p2[READ], "rb");
 
    /* most systems will have to use unbuffered io to get the send/recv to work
     */
#ifndef USE_BUFFERED_IO
    setbuf(driver->send, NULL);
    setbuf(driver->recv, NULL);
#endif
 
    db__set_protocol_fds(driver->send, driver->recv);
    if (db__recv_return_code(&stat) != DB_OK || stat != DB_OK)
        driver = NULL;
 
    return driver;
}