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authorTavian Barnes <tavianator@tavianator.com>2018-09-19 18:41:33 -0400
committerTavian Barnes <tavianator@tavianator.com>2018-09-19 18:41:33 -0400
commitb5c9656a2f5be060491fae98f589f66855b8a638 (patch)
treedfdbbefcb877d4265ef705f3ca0a4158c85332da /spawn.h
parenta68b6d13ef4137596d4d9ec6f653c76503cc7702 (diff)
downloadbfs-b5c9656a2f5be060491fae98f589f66855b8a638.tar.xz
spawn: Add some docs
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diff --git a/spawn.h b/spawn.h
index 6a8a15c..ef510e1 100644
--- a/spawn.h
+++ b/spawn.h
@@ -21,23 +21,65 @@
#include <signal.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
+/**
+ * bfs_spawn() flags.
+ */
enum bfs_spawn_flags {
+ /** Use the PATH variable to resolve the executable (like execvp()). */
BFS_SPAWN_USEPATH = 1 << 0,
};
+/**
+ * bfs_spawn() attributes, controlling the context of the new process.
+ */
struct bfs_spawn {
enum bfs_spawn_flags flags;
struct bfs_spawn_action *actions;
struct bfs_spawn_action **tail;
};
+/**
+ * Create a new bfs_spawn() context.
+ *
+ * @return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
+ */
int bfs_spawn_init(struct bfs_spawn *ctx);
+
+/**
+ * Destroy a bfs_spawn() context.
+ *
+ * @return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
+ */
int bfs_spawn_destroy(struct bfs_spawn *ctx);
+/**
+ * Set the flags for a bfs_spawn() context.
+ *
+ * @return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
+ */
int bfs_spawn_setflags(struct bfs_spawn *ctx, enum bfs_spawn_flags flags);
+/**
+ * Add an fchdir() action to a bfs_spawn() context.
+ *
+ * @return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
+ */
int bfs_spawn_addfchdir(struct bfs_spawn *ctx, int fd);
-pid_t bfs_spawn(const char *file, const struct bfs_spawn *ctx, char **argv, char **envp);
+/**
+ * Spawn a new process.
+ *
+ * @param exe
+ * The executable to run.
+ * @param ctx
+ * The context for the new process.
+ * @param argv
+ * The arguments for the new process.
+ * @param envp
+ * The environment variables for the new process.
+ * @return
+ * The PID of the new process, or -1 on error.
+ */
+pid_t bfs_spawn(const char *exe, const struct bfs_spawn *ctx, char **argv, char **envp);
#endif // BFS_SPAWN_H