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+/* Capture output from a subprocess.
+ Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+ The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+ <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+#ifndef SUPPORT_CAPTURE_SUBPROCESS_H
+#define SUPPORT_CAPTURE_SUBPROCESS_H
+
+#include <support/xmemstream.h>
+
+struct support_capture_subprocess
+{
+ struct xmemstream out;
+ struct xmemstream err;
+ int status;
+};
+
+/* Invoke CALLBACK (CLOSURE) in a subprocess and capture standard
+ output, standard error, and the exit status. The out.buffer and
+ err.buffer members in the result are null-terminated strings which
+ can be examined by the caller (out.out and err.out are NULL). */
+struct support_capture_subprocess support_capture_subprocess
+ (void (*callback) (void *), void *closure);
+
+/* Deallocate the subprocess data captured by
+ support_capture_subprocess. */
+void support_capture_subprocess_free (struct support_capture_subprocess *);
+
+#endif /* SUPPORT_CAPTURE_SUBPROCESS_H */