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#!./perl

# tests for both real and emulated fork()

BEGIN {
    chdir 't' if -d 't';
    @INC = '../lib';
    require Config; import Config;
    unless ($Config{'d_fork'}
	    or (($^O eq 'MSWin32' || $^O eq 'NetWare') and $Config{useithreads}
		and $Config{ccflags} =~ /-DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS/ 
#               and !defined $Config{'useperlio'}
               ))
    {
	print "1..0 # Skip: no fork\n";
	exit 0;
    }
    $ENV{PERL5LIB} = "../lib";
}

if ($^O eq 'mpeix') {
    print "1..0 # Skip: fork/status problems on MPE/iX\n";
    exit 0;
}

$|=1;

undef $/;
@prgs = split "\n########\n", ;
print "1..", scalar @prgs, "\n";

$tmpfile = "forktmp000";
1 while -f ++$tmpfile;
END { close TEST; unlink $tmpfile if $tmpfile; }

$CAT = (($^O eq 'MSWin32') ? '.\perl -e "print <>"' : (($^O eq 'NetWare') ? 'perl -e "print <>"' : 'cat'));

for (@prgs){
    my $switch;
    if (s/^\s*(-\w.*)//){
	$switch = $1;
    }
    my($prog,$expected) = split(/\nEXPECT\n/, $_);
    $expected =~ s/\n+$//;
    # results can be in any order, so sort 'em
    my @expected = sort split /\n/, $expected;
    open TEST, ">$tmpfile" or die "Cannot open $tmpfile: $!";
    print TEST $prog, "\n";
    close TEST or die "Cannot close $tmpfile: $!";
    my $results;
    if ($^O eq 'MSWin32') {
      $results = `.\\perl -I../lib $switch $tmpfile 2>&1`;
    }
    elsif ($^O eq 'NetWare') {
      $results = `perl -I../lib $switch $tmpfile 2>&1`;
    }
    else {
      $results = `./perl $switch $tmpfile 2>&1`;
    }
    $status = $?;
    $results =~ s/\n+$//;
    $results =~ s/at\s+forktmp\d+\s+line/at - line/g;
    $results =~ s/of\s+forktmp\d+\s+aborted/of - aborted/g;
# bison says 'parse error' instead of 'syntax error',
# various yaccs may or may not capitalize 'syntax'.
    $results =~ s/^(syntax|parse) error/syntax error/mig;
    $results =~ s/^\n*Process terminated by SIG\w+\n?//mg
	if $^O eq 'os2';
    my @results = sort split /\n/, $results;
    if ( "@results" ne "@expected" ) {
	print STDERR "PROG: $switch\n$prog\n";
	print STDERR "EXPECTED:\n$expected\n";
	print STDERR "GOT:\n$results\n";
	print "not ";
    }
    print "ok ", ++$i, "\n";
}

__END__
$| = 1;
if ($cid = fork) {
    sleep 1;
    if ($result = (kill 9, $cid)) {
	print "ok 2\n";
    }
    else {
	print "not ok 2 $result\n";
    }
    sleep 1 if $^O eq 'MSWin32';	# avoid WinNT race bug
}
else {
    print "ok 1\n";
    sleep 10;
}
EXPECT
ok 1
ok 2
########
$| = 1;
sub forkit {
    print "iteration $i start\n";
    my $x = fork;
    if (defined $x) {
	if ($x) {
	    print "iteration $i parent\n";
	}
	else {
	    print "iteration $i child\n";
	}
    }
    else {
	print "pid $$ failed to fork\n";
    }
}
while ($i++ < 3) { do { forkit(); }; }
EXPECT
iteration 1 start
iteration 1 parent
iteration 1 child
iteration 2 start
iteration 2 parent
iteration 2 child
iteration 2 start
iteration 2 parent
iteration 2 child
iteration 3 start
iteration 3 parent
iteration 3 child
iteration 3 start
iteration 3 parent
iteration 3 child
iteration 3 start
iteration 3 parent
iteration 3 child
iteration 3 start
iteration 3 parent
iteration 3 child
########
$| = 1;
fork()
 ? (print("parent\n"),sleep(1))
 : (print("child\n"),exit) ;
EXPECT
parent
child
########
$| = 1;
fork()
 ? (print("parent\n"),exit)
 : (print("child\n"),sleep(1)) ;
EXPECT
parent
child
########
$| = 1;
@a = (1..3);
for (@a) {
    if (fork) {
	print "parent $_\n";
	$_ = "[$_]";
    }
    else {
	print "child $_\n";
	$_ = "-$_-";
    }
}
print "@a\n";
EXPECT
parent 1
child 1
parent 2
child 2
parent 2
child 2
parent 3
child 3
parent 3
child 3
parent 3
child 3
parent 3
child 3
[1] [2] [3]
-1- [2] [3]
[1] -2- [3]
[1] [2] -3-
-1- -2- [3]
-1- [2] -3-
[1] -2- -3-
-1- -2- -3-
########
$| = 1;
foreach my $c (1,2,3) {
    if (fork) {
	print "parent $c\n";
    }
    else {
	print "child $c\n";
	exit;
    }
}
while (wait() != -1) { print "waited\n" }
EXPECT
child 1
child 2
child 3
parent 1
parent 2
parent 3
waited
waited
waited
########
use Config;
$| = 1;
$\ = "\n";
fork()
 ? print($Config{osname} eq $^O)
 : print($Config{osname} eq $^O) ;
EXPECT
1
1
########
$| = 1;
$\ = "\n";
fork()
 ? do { require Config; print($Config::Config{osname} eq $^O); }
 : do { require Config; print($Config::Config{osname} eq $^O); }
EXPECT
1
1
########
$| = 1;
use Cwd;
$\ = "\n";
my $dir;
if (fork) {
    $dir = "f$$.tst";
    mkdir $dir, 0755;
    chdir $dir;
    print cwd() =~ /\Q$dir/i ? "ok 1 parent" : "not ok 1 parent";
    chdir "..";
    rmdir $dir;
}
else {
    sleep 2;
    $dir = "f$$.tst";
    mkdir $dir, 0755;
    chdir $dir;
    print cwd() =~ /\Q$dir/i ? "ok 1 child" : "not ok 1 child";
    chdir "..";
    rmdir $dir;
}
EXPECT
ok 1 parent
ok 1 child
########
$| = 1;
$\ = "\n";
my $getenv;
if ($^O eq 'MSWin32' || $^O eq 'NetWare') {
    $getenv = qq[$^X -e "print \$ENV{TST}"];
}
else {
    $getenv = qq[$^X -e 'print \$ENV{TST}'];
}
$ENV{TST} = 'foo';
if (fork) {
    sleep 1;
    print "parent before: " . `$getenv`;
    $ENV{TST} = 'bar';
    print "parent after: " . `$getenv`;
}
else {
    print "child before: " . `$getenv`;
    $ENV{TST} = 'baz';
    print "child after: " . `$getenv`;
}
EXPECT
child before: foo
child after: baz
parent before: foo
parent after: bar
########
$| = 1;
$\ = "\n";
if ($pid = fork) {
    waitpid($pid,0);
    print "parent got $?"
}
else {
    exit(42);
}
EXPECT
parent got 10752
########
$| = 1;
$\ = "\n";
my $echo = 'echo';
if ($pid = fork) {
    waitpid($pid,0);
    print "parent got $?"
}
else {
    exec("$echo foo");
}
EXPECT
foo
parent got 0
########
if (fork) {
    die "parent died";
}
else {
    die "child died";
}
EXPECT
parent died at - line 2.
child died at - line 5.
########
if ($pid = fork) {
    eval { die "parent died" };
    print $@;
}
else {
    eval { die "child died" };
    print $@;
}
EXPECT
parent died at - line 2.
child died at - line 6.
########
if (eval q{$pid = fork}) {
    eval q{ die "parent died" };
    print $@;
}
else {
    eval q{ die "child died" };
    print $@;
}
EXPECT
parent died at (eval 2) line 1.
child died at (eval 2) line 1.
########
BEGIN {
    $| = 1;
    fork and exit;
    print "inner\n";
}
# XXX In emulated fork(), the child will not execute anything after
# the BEGIN block, due to difficulties in recreating the parse stacks
# and restarting yyparse() midstream in the child.  This can potentially
# be overcome by treating what's after the BEGIN{} as a brand new parse.
#print "outer\n"
EXPECT
inner
########
sub pipe_to_fork ($$) {
    my $parent = shift;
    my $child = shift;
    pipe($child, $parent) or die;
    my $pid = fork();
    die "fork() failed: $!" unless defined $pid;
    close($pid ? $child : $parent);
    $pid;
}

if (pipe_to_fork('PARENT','CHILD')) {
    # parent
    print PARENT "pipe_to_fork\n";
    close PARENT;
}
else {
    # child
    while () { print; }
    close CHILD;
    exit;
}

sub pipe_from_fork ($$) {
    my $parent = shift;
    my $child = shift;
    pipe($parent, $child) or die;
    my $pid = fork();
    die "fork() failed: $!" unless defined $pid;
    close($pid ? $child : $parent);
    $pid;
}

if (pipe_from_fork('PARENT','CHILD')) {
    # parent
    while () { print; }
    close PARENT;
}
else {
    # child
    print CHILD "pipe_from_fork\n";
    close CHILD;
    exit;
}
EXPECT
pipe_from_fork
pipe_to_fork
########
$|=1;
if ($pid = fork()) {
    print "forked first kid\n";
    print "waitpid() returned ok\n" if waitpid($pid,0) == $pid;
}
else {
    print "first child\n";
    exit(0);
}
if ($pid = fork()) {
    print "forked second kid\n";
    print "wait() returned ok\n" if wait() == $pid;
}
else {
    print "second child\n";
    exit(0);
}
EXPECT
forked first kid
first child
waitpid() returned ok
forked second kid
second child
wait() returned ok
########
pipe(RDR,WTR) or die $!;
my $pid = fork;
die "fork: $!" if !defined $pid;
if ($pid == 0) {
    my $rand_child = rand;
    close RDR;
    print WTR $rand_child, "\n";
    close WTR;
} else {
    my $rand_parent = rand;
    close WTR;
    chomp(my $rand_child  = );
    close RDR;
    print $rand_child ne $rand_parent, "\n";
}
EXPECT
1




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