#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use diagnostics; use POSIX ":sys_wait_h"; use Data::Dumper; my %child_status; sub reaper { my $child; while (($child=waitpid(-1,WNOHANG))>0) { # See waitpid(2) and POSIX(3perl) my $status = $?; my $wifexited = WIFEXITED($status); my $wexitstatus = $wifexited ? WEXITSTATUS($status) : undef; my $wifsignaled = WIFSIGNALED($status); my $wtermsig = $wifsignaled ? WTERMSIG($status) : undef; my $wifstopped = WIFSTOPPED($status); my $wstopsig = $wifstopped ? WSTOPSIG($status) : undef; $child_status{$child} = { status => $status, wifexited => $wifexited, wexitstatus => $wexitstatus, wifsignaled => $wifsignaled, wtermsig => $wtermsig, wifstopped => $wifstopped, wstopsig => $wstopsig, }; print STDERR "reaper: reaped child=$child" ." status=$status" ." wifexited=$wifexited" ." wexitstatus=".(defined($wexitstatus) ? $wexitstatus : "undef") ." wifsignaled=$wifsignaled" ." wtermsig=".(defined($wtermsig) ? $wtermsig : "undef") ." wifstopped=$wifstopped" ." wstopsig=".(defined($wstopsig) ? $wstopsig : "undef") ."\n"; } } sub copy { my $file = shift; my $dir = shift; local $SIG{CHLD} = \&reaper; my $reader_pid = open( my $reader, '-|' ); if ($reader_pid) { print STDERR "copy: spawned reader child=\"$reader_pid\"\n"; } else { exec '/bin/cat', $file; exit; } my $writer_pid; if ($writer_pid = fork()) { print STDERR "copy: spawned writer child=\"$writer_pid\"\n"; } else { chdir($dir); open( STDIN, "<&=" . fileno($reader) ); exec '/bin/tar', '-x', '-p', '-f', '-'; exit; } while (1) { sleep 1; next if !%child_status; foreach my $pid ($reader_pid, $writer_pid) { if (exists $child_status{$pid}) { my $st = $child_status{$pid}; # check for non-zero exit status # check for death by signal if (($st->{wifexited} && $st->{wexitstatus} != 0) || $st->{wifsignaled}) { print Dumper \%child_status; die "failed ".($pid == $writer_pid ? "tar" : "reader"); } } } if (exists($child_status{$writer_pid}) && exists($child_status{$reader_pid})) { last; } } } copy("/home/tmp/quotes.tar","."); exit 0;