Shell

Classes
class	CCmdlineFix

Typedefs
typedef pid_t	PROCESS

Enumerations
enum class	EShellExecuteWindowState { EShellExecuteWindowState::FOREGROUND , EShellExecuteWindowState::BACKGROUND }

Functions
int	pid ()
void	cmdline_fix (int *argc, const char ***argv)
void	cmdline_free (int argc, const char **argv)
PROCESS	shell_execute (const char *file, EShellExecuteWindowState window_state, const char **arguments=nullptr, size_t num_arguments=0)
int	kill_process (PROCESS process)
bool	is_process_alive (PROCESS process)
int	open_link (const char *link)
int	open_file (const char *path)
bool	os_version_str (char *version, size_t length)
void	os_locale_str (char *locale, size_t length)

Variables
constexpr PROCESS	INVALID_PROCESS = 0

Detailed Description

Shell, process management, OS specific functionality.

Typedef Documentation

PROCESS

typedef pid_t PROCESS

A handle for a process.

Enumeration Type Documentation

EShellExecuteWindowState

enum class EShellExecuteWindowState

strong

Determines the initial window state when using shell_execute to execute a process.

Remarks

Currently only supported on Windows.

Enumerator
FOREGROUND	The process window is opened in the foreground and activated.
BACKGROUND	The process window is opened in the background without focus.

Function Documentation

cmdline_fix()

void cmdline_fix	(	int *	argc,
		const char ***	argv )

Fixes the command line arguments to be encoded in UTF-8 on all systems.

Parameters

argc	A pointer to the argc parameter that was passed to the main function.
argv	A pointer to the argv parameter that was passed to the main function.

Remarks

You need to call cmdline_free once you're no longer using the results.

cmdline_free()

void cmdline_free	(	int	argc,
		const char **	argv )

Frees memory that was allocated by cmdline_fix.

Parameters

argc	The argc obtained from cmdline_fix.
argv	The argv obtained from cmdline_fix.

is_process_alive()

bool is_process_alive

(

PROCESS

process

)

Checks if a process is alive.

Parameters

process

Handle/PID of the process.

Returns

true if the process is currently running,

false if the process is not running (dead).

kill_process()

int kill_process

(

PROCESS

process

)

Sends kill signal to a process.

Parameters

process

Handle of the process to kill.

Returns

1 on success, 0 on error.

open_file()

int open_file

(

const char *

path

)

Opens a file or directory with the default program.

Parameters

path	The file or folder to open with the default program.

Returns

1 on success, 0 on failure.

Remarks

The strings are treated as null-terminated strings.

This may not be called with untrusted input or it'll result in arbitrary code execution, especially on Windows.

open_link()

int open_link

(

const char *

link

)

Opens a link in the browser.

Parameters

link	The link to open in a browser.

Returns

1 on success, 0 on failure.

Remarks

The strings are treated as null-terminated strings.

This may not be called with untrusted input or it'll result in arbitrary code execution, especially on Windows.

os_locale_str()

void os_locale_str	(	char *	locale,
		size_t	length )

Returns a string of the preferred locale of the user / operating system. The string conforms to RFC 3066 and only contains the characters a-z, A-Z, 0-9 and -. If the preferred locale could not be determined this function falls back to the locale "en-US".

Parameters

locale	Buffer to use for the output.
length	Length of the output buffer.

Remarks

The strings are treated as null-terminated strings.

os_version_str()

bool os_version_str	(	char *	version,
		size_t	length )

Returns a human-readable version string of the operating system.

Parameters

version	Buffer to use for the output.
length	Length of the output buffer.

Returns

true on success, false on failure.

pid()

int pid

(

)

Returns the ID of the current process.

Returns

PID of the current process.

shell_execute()

PROCESS shell_execute	(	const char *	file,
		EShellExecuteWindowState	window_state,
		const char **	arguments = nullptr,
		size_t	num_arguments = 0 )

Executes a given file.

Parameters

file	The file to execute.
window_state	The window state how the process window should be shown.
arguments	Optional array of arguments to pass to the process.
num_arguments	The number of arguments.

Returns

Handle of the new process, or INVALID_PROCESS on error.

Variable Documentation

INVALID_PROCESS

PROCESS INVALID_PROCESS = 0

constexpr

A handle that denotes an invalid process.