Struct subprocess::PopenConfig

pub struct PopenConfig {
    pub stdin: Redirection,
    pub stdout: Redirection,
    pub stderr: Redirection,
    pub detached: bool,
    pub executable: Option<OsString>,
    pub env: Option<Vec<(OsString, OsString)>>,
    pub cwd: Option<OsString>,
    // some fields omitted
}

Options for Popen::create.

When constructing PopenConfig, always use the Default trait, such as:

Popen::create(argv, PopenConfig {
     stdout: Redirection::Pipe,
     detached: true,
     // ... other fields you want to override ...
     ..Default::default()
})

This ensures that fields added later do not break existing code.

An alternative to using PopenConfig directly is creating processes using Exec, a builder for Popen.

Fields

stdin: Redirection

How to configure the executed program's standard input.

stdout: Redirection

How to configure the executed program's standard output.

stderr: Redirection

How to configure the executed program's standard error.

detached: bool

Whether the Popen instance is initially detached.

executable: Option<OsString>

Executable to run.

If provided, this executable will be used to run the program instead of argv[0]. However, argv[0] will still be passed to the subprocess, which will see that as argv[0]. On some Unix systems, ps will show the string passed as argv[0], even though executable is actually running.

env: Option<Vec<(OsString, OsString)>>

Environment variables to pass to the subprocess.

If this is None, environment variables are inherited from the calling process. Otherwise, the specified variables are used instead.

Duplicates are eliminated, with the value taken from the variable appearing later in the vector.

cwd: Option<OsString>

Initial current working directory of the subprocess.

None means inherit the working directory from the parent.

Methods

impl PopenConfig

pub fn try_clone(&self) -> IoResult<PopenConfig>

Clone the underlying PopenConfig, or return an error.

This is guaranteed not to fail as long as no Redirection::File variant is used for one of the standard streams. Otherwise, it fails if File::try_clone fails on one of the Redirections.

Important traits for Vec<u8>

impl Write for Vec<u8>

pub fn current_env() -> Vec<(OsString, OsString)>

Returns the environment of the current process.

The returned value is in the format accepted by the env member of PopenConfig.

Trait Implementations

impl Debug for PopenConfig

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl Default for PopenConfig

fn default() -> PopenConfig

Returns the "default value" for a type.