KProcess

#include <KProcess>

Inheritance diagram for KProcess:

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Public Types
enum	OutputChannelMode { SeparateChannels = QProcess::SeparateChannels , MergedChannels = QProcess::MergedChannels , ForwardedChannels = QProcess::ForwardedChannels , OnlyStdoutChannel = QProcess::ForwardedErrorChannel , OnlyStderrChannel = QProcess::ForwardedOutputChannel }

Public Types inherited from QProcess
enum	ExitStatus

enum	InputChannelMode

enum	ProcessChannel

enum	ProcessChannelMode

enum	ProcessError

enum	ProcessState

enum	UnixProcessFlag

Public Types inherited from QIODeviceBase
enum	OpenModeFlag

Public Member Functions
	KProcess (QObject *parent=nullptr)

	~KProcess () override

void	clearEnvironment ()

void	clearProgram ()

int	execute (int msecs=-1)

KProcess &	operator<< (const QString &arg)

KProcess &	operator<< (const QStringList &args)

OutputChannelMode	outputChannelMode () const

QStringList	program () const

void	setEnv (const QString &name, const QString &value, bool overwrite=true)

void	setNextOpenMode (QIODevice::OpenMode mode)

void	setOutputChannelMode (OutputChannelMode mode)

void	setProgram (const QString &exe, const QStringList &args=QStringList())

void	setProgram (const QStringList &argv)

void	setShellCommand (const QString &cmd)

void	start ()

int	startDetached ()

void	unsetEnv (const QString &name)

Public Member Functions inherited from QProcess
	QProcess (QObject *parent)

QStringList	arguments () const const

virtual qint64	bytesToWrite () const const override

std::function< void()>	childProcessModifier ()> childProcessModifier() const const

virtual void	close () override

void	closeReadChannel (ProcessChannel channel)

void	closeWriteChannel ()

CreateProcessArgumentModifier	createProcessArgumentsModifier () const const

QStringList	environment () const const

QProcess::ProcessError	error () const const

void	errorOccurred (QProcess::ProcessError error)

int	exitCode () const const

QProcess::ExitStatus	exitStatus () const const

void	finished (int exitCode, QProcess::ExitStatus exitStatus)

InputChannelMode	inputChannelMode () const const

virtual bool	isSequential () const const override

void	kill ()

QString	nativeArguments () const const

virtual bool	open (OpenMode mode) override

ProcessChannelMode	processChannelMode () const const

QProcessEnvironment	processEnvironment () const const

qint64	processId () const const

QString	program () const const

QByteArray	readAllStandardError ()

QByteArray	readAllStandardOutput ()

ProcessChannel	readChannel () const const

void	readyReadStandardError ()

void	readyReadStandardOutput ()

void	setArguments (const QStringList &arguments)

void	setChildProcessModifier (const std::function< void()> &modifier)

void	setCreateProcessArgumentsModifier (CreateProcessArgumentModifier modifier)

void	setEnvironment (const QStringList &environment)

void	setInputChannelMode (InputChannelMode mode)

void	setNativeArguments (const QString &arguments)

void	setProcessChannelMode (ProcessChannelMode mode)

void	setProcessEnvironment (const QProcessEnvironment &environment)

void	setProgram (const QString &program)

void	setReadChannel (ProcessChannel channel)

void	setStandardErrorFile (const QString &fileName, OpenMode mode)

void	setStandardInputFile (const QString &fileName)

void	setStandardOutputFile (const QString &fileName, OpenMode mode)

void	setStandardOutputProcess (QProcess *destination)

void	setUnixProcessParameters (const UnixProcessParameters &params)

void	setUnixProcessParameters (UnixProcessFlags flagsOnly)

void	setWorkingDirectory (const QString &dir)

void	start (const QString &program, const QStringList &arguments, OpenMode mode)

void	start (OpenMode mode)

void	startCommand (const QString &command, OpenMode mode)

bool	startDetached (qint64 *pid)

void	started ()

QProcess::ProcessState	state () const const

void	stateChanged (QProcess::ProcessState newState)

void	terminate ()

UnixProcessParameters	unixProcessParameters () const const

virtual bool	waitForBytesWritten (int msecs) override

bool	waitForFinished (int msecs)

virtual bool	waitForReadyRead (int msecs) override

bool	waitForStarted (int msecs)

QString	workingDirectory () const const

Public Member Functions inherited from QIODevice
	QIODevice (QObject *parent)

void	aboutToClose ()

virtual bool	atEnd () const const

virtual qint64	bytesAvailable () const const

void	bytesWritten (qint64 bytes)

virtual bool	canReadLine () const const

void	channelBytesWritten (int channel, qint64 bytes)

void	channelReadyRead (int channel)

void	commitTransaction ()

int	currentReadChannel () const const

int	currentWriteChannel () const const

QString	errorString () const const

bool	getChar (char *c)

bool	isOpen () const const

bool	isReadable () const const

bool	isTextModeEnabled () const const

bool	isTransactionStarted () const const

bool	isWritable () const const

virtual bool	open (QIODeviceBase::OpenMode mode)

QIODeviceBase::OpenMode	openMode () const const

qint64	peek (char *data, qint64 maxSize)

QByteArray	peek (qint64 maxSize)

virtual qint64	pos () const const

bool	putChar (char c)

qint64	read (char *data, qint64 maxSize)

QByteArray	read (qint64 maxSize)

QByteArray	readAll ()

int	readChannelCount () const const

void	readChannelFinished ()

qint64	readLine (char *data, qint64 maxSize)

QByteArray	readLine (qint64 maxSize)

void	readyRead ()

virtual bool	reset ()

void	rollbackTransaction ()

virtual bool	seek (qint64 pos)

void	setCurrentReadChannel (int channel)

void	setCurrentWriteChannel (int channel)

void	setTextModeEnabled (bool enabled)

virtual qint64	size () const const

qint64	skip (qint64 maxSize)

void	startTransaction ()

void	ungetChar (char c)

qint64	write (const char *data)

qint64	write (const char *data, qint64 maxSize)

qint64	write (const QByteArray &data)

int	writeChannelCount () const const

Public Member Functions inherited from QObject
	QObject (QObject *parent)

QBindable< QString >	bindableObjectName ()

bool	blockSignals (bool block)

const QObjectList &	children () const const

QMetaObject::Connection	connect (const QObject sender, const char signal, const char *method, Qt::ConnectionType type) const const

void	deleteLater ()

void	destroyed (QObject *obj)

bool	disconnect (const char signal, const QObject receiver, const char *method) const const

bool	disconnect (const QObject receiver, const char method) const const

void	dumpObjectInfo () const const

void	dumpObjectTree () const const

QList< QByteArray >	dynamicPropertyNames () const const

virtual bool	event (QEvent *e)

virtual bool	eventFilter (QObject watched, QEvent event)

T	findChild (const QString &name, Qt::FindChildOptions options) const const

QList< T >	findChildren (const QRegularExpression &re, Qt::FindChildOptions options) const const

QList< T >	findChildren (const QString &name, Qt::FindChildOptions options) const const

QList< T >	findChildren (Qt::FindChildOptions options) const const

bool	inherits (const char *className) const const

void	installEventFilter (QObject *filterObj)

bool	isQuickItemType () const const

bool	isWidgetType () const const

bool	isWindowType () const const

void	killTimer (int id)

virtual const QMetaObject *	metaObject () const const

void	moveToThread (QThread *targetThread)

QString	objectName () const const

void	objectNameChanged (const QString &objectName)

QObject *	parent () const const

QVariant	property (const char *name) const const

	Q_CLASSINFO (Name, Value)

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	Q_INVOKABLE Q_INVOKABLE

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	Q_OBJECT Q_OBJECT

	Q_PROPERTY (...)

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T	qobject_cast (const QObject *object)

T	qobject_cast (QObject *object)

	QT_NO_NARROWING_CONVERSIONS_IN_CONNECT QT_NO_NARROWING_CONVERSIONS_IN_CONNECT

void	removeEventFilter (QObject *obj)

void	setObjectName (const QString &name)

void	setObjectName (QAnyStringView name)

void	setParent (QObject *parent)

bool	setProperty (const char *name, const QVariant &value)

bool	setProperty (const char *name, QVariant &&value)

bool	signalsBlocked () const const

int	startTimer (int interval, Qt::TimerType timerType)

int	startTimer (std::chrono::milliseconds interval, Qt::TimerType timerType)

QThread *	thread () const const

Static Public Member Functions
static int	execute (const QString &exe, const QStringList &args=QStringList(), int msecs=-1)

static int	execute (const QStringList &argv, int msecs=-1)

static int	startDetached (const QString &exe, const QStringList &args=QStringList())

static int	startDetached (const QStringList &argv)

Static Public Member Functions inherited from QProcess
int	execute (const QString &program, const QStringList &arguments)

QString	nullDevice ()

QStringList	splitCommand (QStringView command)

bool	startDetached (const QString &program, const QStringList &arguments, const QString &workingDirectory, qint64 *pid)

QStringList	systemEnvironment ()

Static Public Member Functions inherited from QObject
QMetaObject::Connection	connect (const QObject sender, const char signal, const QObject receiver, const char method, Qt::ConnectionType type)

QMetaObject::Connection	connect (const QObject sender, const QMetaMethod &signal, const QObject receiver, const QMetaMethod &method, Qt::ConnectionType type)

QMetaObject::Connection	connect (const QObject sender, PointerToMemberFunction signal, const QObject context, Functor functor, Qt::ConnectionType type)

QMetaObject::Connection	connect (const QObject sender, PointerToMemberFunction signal, const QObject receiver, PointerToMemberFunction method, Qt::ConnectionType type)

QMetaObject::Connection	connect (const QObject *sender, PointerToMemberFunction signal, Functor functor)

bool	disconnect (const QMetaObject::Connection &connection)

bool	disconnect (const QObject sender, const char signal, const QObject receiver, const char method)

bool	disconnect (const QObject sender, const QMetaMethod &signal, const QObject receiver, const QMetaMethod &method)

bool	disconnect (const QObject sender, PointerToMemberFunction signal, const QObject receiver, PointerToMemberFunction method)

QString	tr (const char sourceText, const char disambiguation, int n)

Protected Member Functions
KCOREADDONS_NO_EXPORT	KProcess (KProcessPrivate d, QObject parent)

Protected Member Functions inherited from QProcess
virtual qint64	readData (char *data, qint64 maxlen) override

void	setProcessState (ProcessState state)

Protected Member Functions inherited from QIODevice
virtual qint64	readLineData (char *data, qint64 maxSize)

void	setErrorString (const QString &str)

void	setOpenMode (QIODeviceBase::OpenMode openMode)

virtual qint64	skipData (qint64 maxSize)

virtual qint64	writeData (const char *data, qint64 maxSize)=0

Protected Member Functions inherited from QObject
virtual void	childEvent (QChildEvent *event)

virtual void	connectNotify (const QMetaMethod &signal)

virtual void	customEvent (QEvent *event)

virtual void	disconnectNotify (const QMetaMethod &signal)

bool	isSignalConnected (const QMetaMethod &signal) const const

int	receivers (const char *signal) const const

QObject *	sender () const const

int	senderSignalIndex () const const

virtual void	timerEvent (QTimerEvent *event)

Protected Attributes
std::unique_ptr< KProcessPrivate > const	d_ptr

Additional Inherited Members
Properties inherited from QObject
	objectName

Public Attributes inherited from QProcess
	CloseFileDescriptors

	Crashed

	CrashExit

typedef	CreateProcessArgumentModifier

	FailedToStart

	ForwardedChannels

	ForwardedErrorChannel

	ForwardedInputChannel

	ForwardedOutputChannel

	IgnoreSigPipe

	ManagedInputChannel

	MergedChannels

	NormalExit

	NotRunning

	ReadError

	ResetSignalHandlers

	Running

	SeparateChannels

	StandardError

	StandardOutput

	Starting

	Timedout

typedef	UnixProcessFlags

	UnknownError

	UseVFork

	WriteError

Public Attributes inherited from QObject
typedef	QObjectList

Public Attributes inherited from QIODeviceBase
	Append

	ExistingOnly

	NewOnly

	NotOpen

typedef	OpenMode

	ReadOnly

	ReadWrite

	Text

	Truncate

	Unbuffered

	WriteOnly

Detailed Description

Child process invocation, monitoring and control.

This class extends QProcess by some useful functionality, overrides some defaults with saner values and wraps parts of the API into a more accessible one. Only use KProcess if you need the extra features, otherwise QProcess is the preferred way of spawning child processes.

Author: Oswald Buddenhagen ossi@.nosp@m.kde..nosp@m.org

Definition at line 33 of file kprocess.h.

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ OutputChannelMode

enum KProcess::OutputChannelMode

Modes in which the output channels can be opened.

Enumerator
SeparateChannels	Standard output and standard error are handled by KProcess as separate channels.
MergedChannels	Standard output and standard error are handled by KProcess as one channel.
ForwardedChannels	Both standard output and standard error are forwarded to the parent process' respective channel.
OnlyStdoutChannel	Only standard output is handled; standard error is forwarded.
OnlyStderrChannel	Only standard error is handled; standard output is forwarded.

Definition at line 42 of file kprocess.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ KProcess() [1/2]

KProcess::KProcess ( QObject * parent = nullptr )

explicit

Constructor.

Definition at line 27 of file kprocess.cpp.

◆ ~KProcess()

KProcess::~KProcess ( )

overridedefault

Destructor.

◆ KProcess() [2/2]

KProcess::KProcess	(	KProcessPrivate *	d,
		QObject *	parent )

protected

Definition at line 34 of file kprocess.cpp.

Member Function Documentation

◆ clearEnvironment()

void KProcess::clearEnvironment ( )

Empties the process' environment.

Note that LD_LIBRARY_PATH/DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH is automatically added on *NIX.

This function must be called before starting the process.

Definition at line 63 of file kprocess.cpp.

◆ clearProgram()

void KProcess::clearProgram ( )

Clear the program and command line argument list.

Definition at line 159 of file kprocess.cpp.

◆ execute() [1/3]

int KProcess::execute	(	const QString &	exe,
		const QStringList &	args = QStringList(),
		int	msecs = -1 )

static

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

Parameters

exe	the program to execute
args	the command line arguments for the program, one per list element
msecs	time to wait for process to exit before killing it

Returns: -2 if the process could not be started, -1 if it crashed, otherwise its exit code

Definition at line 261 of file kprocess.cpp.

◆ execute() [2/3]

int KProcess::execute	(	const QStringList &	argv,
		int	msecs = -1 )

static

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

Parameters

argv	the program to execute and the command line arguments for the program, one per list element
msecs	time to wait for process to exit before killing it

Returns: -2 if the process could not be started, -1 if it crashed, otherwise its exit code

Definition at line 269 of file kprocess.cpp.

◆ execute() [3/3]

int KProcess::execute ( int msecs = -1 )

Start the process, wait for it to finish, and return the exit code.

This method is roughly equivalent to the sequence:

start();
waitForFinished(msecs);
return exitCode();

Unlike the other execute() variants this method is not static, so the process can be parametrized properly and talked to.

Parameters

msecs time to wait for process to exit before killing it

Returns: -2 if the process could not be started, -1 if it crashed, otherwise its exit code

Definition at line 249 of file kprocess.cpp.

◆ operator<<() [1/2]

KProcess & KProcess::operator<< ( const QString & arg )

Append an element to the command line argument list for this process.

If no executable is set yet, it will be set instead.

For example, doing an "ls -l /usr/local/bin" can be achieved by:

KProcess p;
p << "ls" << "-l" << "/usr/local/bin";
...

This function must be called before starting the process, obviously.

Parameters

arg	the argument to add

Returns: a reference to this KProcess

Definition at line 139 of file kprocess.cpp.

◆ operator<<() [2/2]

KProcess & KProcess::operator<< ( const QStringList & args )

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

Parameters

args	the arguments to add

Returns: a reference to this KProcess

Definition at line 149 of file kprocess.cpp.

◆ outputChannelMode()

KProcess::OutputChannelMode KProcess::outputChannelMode ( ) const

Query how the output channels of the child process are handled.

Returns: the output channel handling mode

Definition at line 49 of file kprocess.cpp.

◆ program()

QStringList KProcess::program ( ) const

Obtain the currently set program and arguments.

Returns: a list, the first element being the program, the remaining ones being command line arguments to the program.

Definition at line 235 of file kprocess.cpp.

◆ setEnv()

void KProcess::setEnv	(	const QString &	name,
		const QString &	value,
		bool	overwrite = true )

Adds the variable name to the process' environment.

This function must be called before starting the process.

Parameters

name	the name of the environment variable
value	the new value for the environment variable
overwrite	if `false` and the environment variable is already set, the old value will be preserved

Definition at line 68 of file kprocess.cpp.

◆ setNextOpenMode()

void KProcess::setNextOpenMode ( QIODevice::OpenMode mode )

Set the QIODevice open mode the process will be opened in.

This function must be called before starting the process, obviously.

Parameters

mode	the open mode. Note that this mode is automatically "reduced" according to the channel modes and redirections. The default is QIODevice::ReadWrite.

Definition at line 54 of file kprocess.cpp.

◆ setOutputChannelMode()

void KProcess::setOutputChannelMode ( OutputChannelMode mode )

Set how to handle the output channels of the child process.

The default is ForwardedChannels, which is unlike in QProcess. Do not request more than you actually handle, as this output is simply lost otherwise.

This function must be called before starting the process.

Parameters

mode	the output channel handling mode

Definition at line 44 of file kprocess.cpp.

◆ setProgram() [1/2]

void KProcess::setProgram	(	const QString &	exe,
		const QStringList &	args = QStringList() )

Set the program and the command line arguments.

This function must be called before starting the process, obviously.

Parameters

exe	the program to execute
args	the command line arguments for the program, one per list element

Definition at line 114 of file kprocess.cpp.

◆ setProgram() [2/2]

void KProcess::setProgram ( const QStringList & argv )

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

Parameters

argv	the program to execute and the command line arguments for the program, one per list element

Definition at line 123 of file kprocess.cpp.

◆ setShellCommand()

void KProcess::setShellCommand ( const QString & cmd )

Set a command to execute through a shell (a POSIX sh on *NIX and cmd.exe on Windows).

Using this for anything but user-supplied commands is usually a bad idea, as the command's syntax depends on the platform. Redirections including pipes, etc. are better handled by the respective functions provided by QProcess.

If KProcess determines that the command does not really need a shell, it will transparently execute it without one for performance reasons.

This function must be called before starting the process, obviously.

Parameters

cmd	the command to execute through a shell. The caller must make sure that all filenames etc. are properly quoted when passed as argument. Failure to do so often results in serious security holes. See KShell::quoteArg().

Definition at line 176 of file kprocess.cpp.

◆ start()

void KProcess::start ( )

Start the process.

See also: QProcess::start(const QString &, const QStringList &, OpenMode)

Definition at line 242 of file kprocess.cpp.

◆ startDetached() [1/3]

int KProcess::startDetached ( )

Start the process and detach from it.

See QProcess::startDetached() for details.

Unlike the other startDetached() variants this method is not static, so the process can be parametrized properly.

Note: Currently, only the setProgram()/setShellCommand() and setWorkingDirectory() parametrizations are supported.

The KProcess object may be re-used immediately after calling this function.

Returns: the PID of the started process or 0 on error

Definition at line 276 of file kprocess.cpp.

◆ startDetached() [2/3]

int KProcess::startDetached	(	const QString &	exe,
		const QStringList &	args = QStringList() )

static

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

Parameters

exe	the program to start
args	the command line arguments for the program, one per list element

Returns: the PID of the started process or 0 on error

Definition at line 286 of file kprocess.cpp.

◆ startDetached() [3/3]

int KProcess::startDetached ( const QStringList & argv )

static

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

Parameters

argv	the program to start and the command line arguments for the program, one per list element

Returns: the PID of the started process or 0 on error

Definition at line 296 of file kprocess.cpp.

◆ unsetEnv()

void KProcess::unsetEnv ( const QString & name )

Removes the variable name from the process' environment.

This function must be called before starting the process.

Parameters

name	the name of the environment variable

Definition at line 92 of file kprocess.cpp.

Member Data Documentation

◆ d_ptr

std::unique_ptr<KProcessPrivate> const KProcess::d_ptr

protected

Definition at line 304 of file kprocess.h.

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Public Types

Public Member Functions

Static Public Member Functions

Protected Member Functions

Protected Attributes

Additional Inherited Members

Detailed Description

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ OutputChannelMode

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ KProcess() [1/2]

◆ ~KProcess()

◆ KProcess() [2/2]

Member Function Documentation

◆ clearEnvironment()

◆ clearProgram()

◆ execute() [1/3]

◆ execute() [2/3]

◆ execute() [3/3]

◆ operator<<() [1/2]

◆ operator<<() [2/2]

◆ outputChannelMode()

◆ program()

◆ setEnv()

◆ setNextOpenMode()

◆ setOutputChannelMode()

◆ setProgram() [1/2]

◆ setProgram() [2/2]

◆ setShellCommand()

◆ start()

◆ startDetached() [1/3]

◆ startDetached() [2/3]

◆ startDetached() [3/3]

◆ unsetEnv()

Member Data Documentation

◆ d_ptr