Text.hs

module System.Process.Text where

import Control.Concurrent
import Control.Monad
import Data.Text (Text)
import qualified Data.Text as T
import qualified Data.Text.IO as T
import System.Process
import System.Exit (ExitCode)
import System.IO

-- | Like 'System.Process.readProcessWithExitCode', but using 'Text'
readProcessWithExitCode
    :: FilePath                 -- ^ command to run
    -> [String]                 -- ^ any arguments
    -> Text                     -- ^ standard input
    -> IO (ExitCode, Text, Text) -- ^ exitcode, stdout, stderr
readProcessWithExitCode cmd args input = do
    (Just inh, Just outh, Just errh, pid) <-
        createProcess (proc cmd args){ std_in  = CreatePipe,
                                       std_out = CreatePipe,
                                       std_err = CreatePipe }
    outMVar <- newEmptyMVar
    outM <- newEmptyMVar
    errM <- newEmptyMVar

    -- fork off a thread to start consuming stdout
    _ <- forkIO $ do
        out <- T.hGetContents outh
        putMVar outM out
        putMVar outMVar ()

    -- fork off a thread to start consuming stderr
    _ <- forkIO $ do
        err  <- T.hGetContents errh
        putMVar errM err
        putMVar outMVar ()

    -- now write and flush any input
    when (not (T.null input)) $ do T.hPutStr inh input; hFlush inh
    hClose inh -- done with stdin

    -- wait on the output
    takeMVar outMVar
    takeMVar outMVar
    hClose outh
    hClose errh

    -- wait on the process
    ex <- waitForProcess pid
    out <- readMVar outM
    err <- readMVar errM

    return (ex, out, err)