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authorGravatar David Adam <zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>2015-07-26 10:20:13 +0800
committerGravatar David Adam <zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>2015-07-26 10:20:13 +0800
commit3929e9de0e69666b37df87347d5ce15663e81347 (patch)
treeb2701c439c0260840ce1c68beaebf7de1178cc53 /src/print_help.cpp
parent793e1afa084982dac92c4fe19e50c25e326a79c2 (diff)
parentf4d1657c22c81a7720a91026f915b80d2d6aa6e8 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' into iwyu
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+
+/** \file print_help.c
+ Print help message for the specified command
+*/
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include "print_help.h"
+
+#define CMD_LEN 1024
+
+#define HELP_ERR "Could not show help message\n"
+
+/* defined in common.h */
+ssize_t write_loop(int fd, const char *buff, size_t count);
+
+
+void print_help(const char *c, int fd)
+{
+ char cmd[ CMD_LEN];
+ int printed = snprintf(cmd, CMD_LEN, "fish -c '__fish_print_help %s >&%d'", c, fd);
+
+ if (printed < CMD_LEN)
+ {
+ if ((system(cmd) == -1))
+ {
+ write_loop(2, HELP_ERR, strlen(HELP_ERR));
+ }
+
+ }
+
+}