retroforth/interface/unix.retro

# System Interaction

The `unix:` namespace contains words for interacting with the
host operating system on Unix style systems.

~~~
:io:unix-syscall
  #8 io:scan-for
    dup n:negative? [ drop 'Error:_device_(0008)_not_found s:put nl ] if;
    io:invoke ;
~~~

`unix:system` runs another application using the system shell
and returns after execution is completed.

~~~
:unix:system (s-)    #0 io:unix-syscall ;
~~~

`unix:fork` forks the current process and returns a process
identifier.

~~~
:unix:fork   (-n)    #1 io:unix-syscall ;
~~~

This group is used to execute a new process in place of the
current one. These take a program and optionally 1-3 arguments.
They map to the execl() system call.

Example:

    '/usr/bin/cal '2 '2019 unix:exec2

~~~
:unix:exec0  (s-)    #2 io:unix-syscall ;
:unix:exec1  (ss-)   #3 io:unix-syscall ;
:unix:exec2  (sss-)  #4 io:unix-syscall ;
:unix:exec3  (ssss-) #5 io:unix-syscall ;
~~~

`unix:exit` takes a return code and exits RRE, returning the
specified code.

~~~
:unix:exit   (n-)    #6 io:unix-syscall ;
~~~

`unix:getpid` returns the current process identifier.

~~~
:unix:getpid (-n)    #7 io:unix-syscall ;
~~~

`unix:wait` waits for a child process to complete. This maps to
the wait() system call.

~~~
:unix:wait   (-n)    #8 io:unix-syscall ;
~~~

`unix:kill` terminates a process. Takes a process and a signal
to send.

~~~
:unix:kill (nn-)  #9 io:unix-syscall ;
~~~

The next two words allow opening and closing pipes. The first,
`unix:popen` takes the name of a program and a file mode and
returns a file handle usable with words in the `file:` namespace.
The second, `unix:pclose` closes the pipe.

~~~
:unix:popen (sn-n) #10 io:unix-syscall ;
:unix:pclose (n-) #11 io:unix-syscall ;
~~~

`unix:chdir` changes the current working directory to the
specified one.

~~~
:unix:chdir (s-) #13 io:unix-syscall ;
~~~

~~~
:unix:getenv (sa-) #14 io:unix-syscall ;
:unix:putenv (s-)  #15 io:unix-syscall ;
~~~

`unix:sleep` pauses execution for the specified number of
seconds.

~~~
:unix:sleep (n-) #16 io:unix-syscall ;
~~~

~~~
(s-s)  :unix:pipe
         file:R unix:popen &file:read-line &unix:pclose bi ;
~~~

~~~
(-s)   :unix:get-cwd
         'pwd unix:pipe s:trim '/ s:append ;
~~~

~~~
(-n)   :unix:count-files-in-cwd
         'ls_-1_|_wc_-l unix:pipe s:trim s:to-number ;
~~~

~~~
(q-)   :unix:for-each-file (q-)
         'ls_-1_-p file:R unix:popen
         unix:count-files-in-cwd
         [ [ file:read-line s:temp over call ] sip ] times
         unix:pclose drop ;
~~~

~~~
{{
  :start  swap buffer:set file:R unix:popen ;
  :read   dup file:read dup buffer:add n:zero? ;
  :finish unix:pclose buffer:size ;
---reveal---
  :unix:slurp-pipe (as-n)
    [ start &read until finish ] buffer:preserve ;
}}
~~~