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configure.in

@@ -14,6 +14,45 @@ AC_PROG_RANLIB
 #AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
 #AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
 
+# check if UNIX pipes are available
+AC_CACHE_CHECK(
+  [if pipes can be used],
+  [pipes_avail],
+  [AC_LANG_PUSH(C++)
+   AC_TRY_LINK(
+     [#include <sys/types.h>
+      #include <sys/wait.h>
+      #include <unistd.h>
+      #include <stdlib.h>
+      #include <string.h>
+      #include <stdio.h>],
+     [int status, pfd[2];
+      status = pipe(pfd);
+      status = fork();
+      if (status < 0) {
+	;
+      } else if (status == 0) {
+	char *arg0;
+
+	status = dup2(pfd[0], STDIN_FILENO);
+
+	close(pfd[1]);
+	close(pfd[0]);
+
+	execlp("", arg0, (char *)0);
+	perror("execl");
+	exit(1);
+      } else {
+	close(pfd[0]);
+      }],
+     [pipes_avail=true],
+     [pipes_avail=false])
+   AC_LANG_POP])
+
+if [test x$pipes_avail = xtrue ]; then
+  AC_DEFINE([HAVE_UNIX_PIPES], [1], [Whether UNIX pipes are available])
+fi
+
 # check for gmp
 AC_CACHE_CHECK(
   [if libgmp is available],

fdstream.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+/* The following code declares classes to read from and write to
+ * file descriptore or file handles.
+ *
+ * See
+ *      http://www.josuttis.com/cppcode
+ * for details and the latest version.
+ *
+ * - open:
+ *      - integrating BUFSIZ on some systems?
+ *      - optimized reading of multiple characters
+ *      - stream for reading AND writing
+ *      - i18n
+ *
+ * (C) Copyright Nicolai M. Josuttis 2001.
+ * Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this software
+ * is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies.
+ * This software is provided "as is" without express or implied
+ * warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose.
+ *
+ * Version: Jul 28, 2002
+ * History:
+ *  Jul 28, 2002: bugfix memcpy() => memmove()
+ *                fdinbuf::underflow(): cast for return statements
+ *  Aug 05, 2001: first public version
+ */
+#ifndef BOOST_FDSTREAM_HPP
+#define BOOST_FDSTREAM_HPP
+
+#include <istream>
+#include <ostream>
+#include <streambuf>
+// for EOF:
+#include <cstdio>
+// for memmove():
+#include <cstring>
+
+
+// low-level read and write functions
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+# include <io.h>
+#else
+# include <unistd.h>
+//extern "C" {
+//    int write (int fd, const char* buf, int num);
+//    int read (int fd, char* buf, int num);
+//}
+#endif
+
+
+// BEGIN namespace BOOST
+namespace boost {
+
+
+/************************************************************
+ * fdostream
+ * - a stream that writes on a file descriptor
+ ************************************************************/
+
+
+class fdoutbuf : public std::streambuf {
+  protected:
+    int fd;    // file descriptor
+  public:
+    // constructor
+    fdoutbuf (int _fd) : fd(_fd) {
+    }
+  protected:
+    // write one character
+    virtual int_type overflow (int_type c) {
+        if (c != EOF) {
+            char z = c;
+            if (write (fd, &z, 1) != 1) {
+                return EOF;
+            }
+        }
+        return c;
+    }
+    // write multiple characters
+    virtual
+    std::streamsize xsputn (const char* s,
+                            std::streamsize num) {
+        return write(fd,s,num);
+    }
+};
+
+class fdostream : public std::ostream {
+  protected:
+    fdoutbuf buf;
+  public:
+    fdostream (int fd) : std::ostream(0), buf(fd) {
+        rdbuf(&buf);
+    }
+};
+
+
+/************************************************************
+ * fdistream
+ * - a stream that reads on a file descriptor
+ ************************************************************/
+
+class fdinbuf : public std::streambuf {
+  protected:
+    int fd;    // file descriptor
+  protected:
+    /* data buffer:
+     * - at most, pbSize characters in putback area plus
+     * - at most, bufSize characters in ordinary read buffer
+     */
+    static const int pbSize = 4;        // size of putback area
+    static const int bufSize = 1024;    // size of the data buffer
+    char buffer[bufSize+pbSize];        // data buffer
+
+  public:
+    /* constructor
+     * - initialize file descriptor
+     * - initialize empty data buffer
+     * - no putback area
+     * => force underflow()
+     */
+    fdinbuf (int _fd) : fd(_fd) {
+        setg (buffer+pbSize,     // beginning of putback area
+              buffer+pbSize,     // read position
+              buffer+pbSize);    // end position
+    }
+
+  protected:
+    // insert new characters into the buffer
+    virtual int_type underflow () {
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
+        using std::memmove;
+#endif
+
+        // is read position before end of buffer?
+        if (gptr() < egptr()) {
+            return traits_type::to_int_type(*gptr());
+        }
+
+        /* process size of putback area
+         * - use number of characters read
+         * - but at most size of putback area
+         */
+        int numPutback;
+        numPutback = gptr() - eback();
+        if (numPutback > pbSize) {
+            numPutback = pbSize;
+        }
+
+        /* copy up to pbSize characters previously read into
+         * the putback area
+         */
+        memmove (buffer+(pbSize-numPutback), gptr()-numPutback,
+                numPutback);
+
+        // read at most bufSize new characters
+        int num;
+        num = read (fd, buffer+pbSize, bufSize);
+        if (num <= 0) {
+            // ERROR or EOF
+            return EOF;
+        }
+
+        // reset buffer pointers
+        setg (buffer+(pbSize-numPutback),   // beginning of putback area
+              buffer+pbSize,                // read position
+              buffer+pbSize+num);           // end of buffer
+
+        // return next character
+        return traits_type::to_int_type(*gptr());
+    }
+};
+
+class fdistream : public std::istream {
+  protected:
+    fdinbuf buf;
+  public:
+    fdistream (int fd) : std::istream(0), buf(fd) {
+        rdbuf(&buf);
+    }
+};
+
+
+} // END namespace boost
+
+#endif /*BOOST_FDSTREAM_HPP*/