# $Id: CaptureOutput.pm,v 1.3 2005/03/25 12:44:14 simonflack Exp $ package IO::CaptureOutput; use strict; use vars qw/$VERSION @ISA @EXPORT_OK %EXPORT_TAGS/; use Exporter; @ISA = 'Exporter'; @EXPORT_OK = qw/capture capture_exec qxx capture_exec_combined qxy/; %EXPORT_TAGS = (all => \@EXPORT_OK); $VERSION = '1.06'; sub capture (&@) { ## no critic my ($code, $output, $error) = @_; for ($output, $error) { $_ = \do { my $s; $s = ''} unless ref $_; $$_ = '' unless defined($$_); } my $capture_out = IO::CaptureOutput::_proxy->new('STDOUT', $output); my $capture_err = IO::CaptureOutput::_proxy->new( 'STDERR', $error, $output == $error ? 'STDOUT' : undef ); &$code(); } sub capture_exec { my @args = @_; my ($output, $error); capture sub { system _shell_quote(@args) }, \$output, \$error; return wantarray ? ($output, $error) : $output; } *qxx = \&capture_exec; sub capture_exec_combined { my @args = @_; my $output; capture sub { system _shell_quote(@args) }, \$output, \$output; return $output; } *qxy = \&capture_exec_combined; # extra quoting required on Win32 systems *_shell_quote = ($^O =~ /MSWin32/) ? \&_shell_quote_win32 : sub {@_}; sub _shell_quote_win32 { my @args; for (@_) { if (/[ \"]/) { # TODO: check if ^ requires escaping (my $escaped = $_) =~ s/([\"])/\\$1/g; push @args, '"' . $escaped . '"'; next; } push @args, $_ } return @args; } # Captures everything printed to a filehandle for the lifetime of the object # and then transfers it to a scalar reference package IO::CaptureOutput::_proxy; use File::Temp 'tempfile'; use File::Basename qw/basename/; use Symbol qw/gensym qualify qualify_to_ref/; use Carp; sub _is_wperl { $^O eq 'MSWin32' && basename($^X) eq 'wperl.exe' } sub new { my $class = shift; my ($fh, $capture, $merge_fh) = @_; $fh = qualify($fh); # e.g. main::STDOUT my $fhref = qualify_to_ref($fh); # e.g. \*STDOUT # Duplicate the filehandle my $saved; { no strict 'refs'; ## no critic - needed for 5.005 if ( defined fileno($fh) && ! _is_wperl() ) { $saved = gensym; open $saved, ">&$fh" or croak "Can't redirect <$fh> - $!"; } } # Create replacement filehandle if not merging my ($newio, $newio_file); if ( ! $merge_fh ) { $newio = gensym; (undef, $newio_file) = tempfile; open $newio, "+>$newio_file" or croak "Can't create temp file for $fh - $!"; } else { $newio = qualify($merge_fh); } # Redirect (or merge) { no strict 'refs'; ## no critic -- needed for 5.005 open $fhref, ">&".fileno($newio) or croak "Can't redirect $fh - $!"; } bless [$$, $fh, $saved, $capture, $newio, $newio_file], $class; } sub DESTROY { my $self = shift; my ($pid, $fh, $saved) = @{$self}[0..2]; return unless $pid eq $$; # only cleanup in the process that is capturing # restore the original filehandle my $fh_ref = Symbol::qualify_to_ref($fh); select((select ($fh_ref), $|=1)[0]); if (defined $saved) { open $fh_ref, ">&". fileno($saved) or croak "Can't restore $fh - $!"; } else { close $fh_ref; } # transfer captured data to the scalar reference if we didn't merge my ($capture, $newio, $newio_file) = @{$self}[3..5]; if ($newio_file) { # some versions of perl complain about reading from fd 1 or 2 # which could happen if STDOUT and STDERR were closed when $newio # was opened, so we just squelch warnings here and continue local $^W; seek $newio, 0, 0; $$capture = do {local $/; <$newio>}; close $newio; } # Cleanup return unless defined $newio_file && -e $newio_file; unlink $newio_file or carp "Couldn't remove temp file '$newio_file' - $!"; } 1; __END__ =pod =begin wikidoc = NAME IO::CaptureOutput - capture STDOUT and STDERR from Perl code, subprocesses or XS = VERSION This documentation describes version %%VERSION%%. = SYNOPSIS use IO::CaptureOutput qw(capture capture_exec); my ($stdout, $stderr); sub noisy { warn "this sub prints to stdout and stderr!"; print "arguments: @_"; } capture sub {noisy(@args)}, \$stdout, \$stderr; ($stdout, $stderr) = capture_exec( 'perl', '-e', 'print "Hello"; print STDERR "World!"'); = DESCRIPTION This module provides routines for capturing STDOUT and STDERR from perl subroutines, forked system calls (e.g. {system()}, {fork()}) and from XS or C modules. = FUNCTIONS The following functions will be exported on demand. == capture() capture(\&subroutine, \$stdout, \$stderr); Captures everything printed to {STDOUT} and {STDERR} for the duration of {&subroutine}. {$stdout} and {$stderr} are optional scalars that will contain {STDOUT} and {STDERR} respectively. Returns the return value(s) of {&subroutine}. The sub is called in the same context as {capture()} was called e.g.: @rv = capture(sub {wantarray}); # returns true $rv = capture(sub {wantarray}); # returns defined, but not true capture(sub {wantarray}); # void, returns undef {capture()} is able to capture output from subprocesses and C code, which traditional {tie()} methods of output capture are unable to do. If the two scalar references refer to the same scalar, then {STDERR} will be merged to {STDOUT} before capturing and the scalar will hold the combined output of both. capture(\&subroutine, \$combined, \$combined); *Note:* {capture()} will only capture output that has been written or flushed to the filehandle. == capture_exec() ($stdout, $stderr) = capture_exec(@args); Captures and returns the output from {system(@args)}. In scalar context, {capture_exec()} will return what was printed to {STDOUT}. In list context, it returns what was printed to {STDOUT} and {STDERR} $stdout = capture_exec('perl', '-e', 'print "hello world"'); ($stdout, $stderr) = capture_exec('perl', '-e', 'warn "Test"'); {capture_exec} passes its arguments to {system()} and on MSWin32 will protect arguments with shell quotes if necessary. This makes it a handy and slightly more portable alternative to backticks, piped {open()} and {IPC::Open3}. You can check the exit status of the {system()} call with the {$?} variable. See [perlvar] for more information. == capture_exec_combined() $combined = capture_exec_combined( 'perl', '-e', 'print "hello\n"', 'warn "Test\n" ); This is just like {capture_exec()}, except that it merges {STDERR} with {STDOUT} before capturing output and returns a single scalar. *Note:* there is no guarantee that text printed to {STDOUT} and {STDERR} in the subprocess will be appear in order. The actual order will depend on how IO buffering is handled in the subprocess. == qxx() This is an alias for {capture_exec()}. == qxy() This is an alias for {capture_exec_combined()}. = SEE ALSO * [IPC::Open3] * [IO::Capture] * [IO::Utils] = AUTHORS * Simon Flack (original author) * David Golden (co-maintainer since version 1.04) = COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE Portions copyright 2004, 2005 Simon Flack. Portions copyright 2007 David Golden. All rights reserved. You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU General Public License or the Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README file. =end wikidoc =cut