/* This file is part of the KDE libraries Copyright (C) 2003,2007 Oswald Buddenhagen Rewritten for QT4 by e_k , Copyright (C)2008 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This 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 Library General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */ #ifndef kpty_h #define kpty_h #include struct KPtyPrivate; struct termios; /** * Provides primitives for opening & closing a pseudo TTY pair, assigning the * controlling TTY, utmp registration and setting various terminal attributes. */ class KPty { Q_DECLARE_PRIVATE(KPty) public: /** * Constructor */ KPty(); /** * Destructor: * * If the pty is still open, it will be closed. Note, however, that * an utmp registration is @em not undone. */ ~KPty(); /** * Create a pty master/slave pair. * * @return true if a pty pair was successfully opened */ bool open(); /** * Close the pty master/slave pair. */ void close(); /** * Close the pty slave descriptor. * * When creating the pty, KPty also opens the slave and keeps it open. * Consequently the master will never receive an EOF notification. * Usually this is the desired behavior, as a closed pty slave can be * reopened any time - unlike a pipe or socket. However, in some cases * pipe-alike behavior might be desired. * * After this function was called, slaveFd() and setCTty() cannot be * used. */ void closeSlave(); /** * Creates a new session and process group and makes this pty the * controlling tty. */ void setCTty(); /** * Creates an utmp entry for the tty. * This function must be called after calling setCTty and * making this pty the stdin. * @param user the user to be logged on * @param remotehost the host from which the login is coming. This is * @em not the local host. For remote logins it should be the hostname * of the client. For local logins from inside an X session it should * be the name of the X display. Otherwise it should be empty. */ void login(const char *user = 0, const char *remotehost = 0); /** * Removes the utmp entry for this tty. */ void logout(); /** * Wrapper around tcgetattr(3). * * This function can be used only while the PTY is open. * You will need an #include <termios.h> to do anything useful * with it. * * @param ttmode a pointer to a termios structure. * Note: when declaring ttmode, @c struct @c ::termios must be used - * without the '::' some version of HP-UX thinks, this declares * the struct in your class, in your method. * @return @c true on success, false otherwise */ bool tcGetAttr(struct ::termios *ttmode) const; /** * Wrapper around tcsetattr(3) with mode TCSANOW. * * This function can be used only while the PTY is open. * * @param ttmode a pointer to a termios structure. * @return @c true on success, false otherwise. Note that success means * that @em at @em least @em one attribute could be set. */ bool tcSetAttr(struct ::termios *ttmode); /** * Change the logical (screen) size of the pty. * The default is 24 lines by 80 columns. * * This function can be used only while the PTY is open. * * @param lines the number of rows * @param columns the number of columns * @return @c true on success, false otherwise */ bool setWinSize(int lines, int columns); /** * Set whether the pty should echo input. * * Echo is on by default. * If the output of automatically fed (non-interactive) PTY clients * needs to be parsed, disabling echo often makes it much simpler. * * This function can be used only while the PTY is open. * * @param echo true if input should be echoed. * @return @c true on success, false otherwise */ bool setEcho(bool echo); /** * @return the name of the slave pty device. * * This function should be called only while the pty is open. */ const char *ttyName() const; /** * @return the file descriptor of the master pty * * This function should be called only while the pty is open. */ int masterFd() const; /** * @return the file descriptor of the slave pty * * This function should be called only while the pty slave is open. */ int slaveFd() const; protected: /** * @internal */ KPty(KPtyPrivate *d); /** * @internal */ KPtyPrivate * const d_ptr; }; #endif