Rose::StringUtility::popen_wrapper

Simple wrapper for Unix popen command.

Synopsis

Declared in <src/Rose/StringUtility/FileUtility.h>

bool
popen_wrapper(
    std::string const& command,
    std::vector<std::string>& result);

Description

If there is a failure (cannot create pipes, command not found, command terminated abnormally, input buffer too small, etc), then an error is printed to standard error (with or without line termination) and false is returned. When an error occurs the pipes that were opened to communicate with the subcommand might not be closed.

Return Value

True on success, false on failure.

Parameters

Name	Description
command	Command to execute.
result	Output lines collected from the command.

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