create_subpipe (char const * const *argv, int fd[2])
{
int pipe_fd[2];
- int from_in_fd;
- int from_out_fd;
- int to_in_fd;
- int to_out_fd;
+ int child_fd[2];
pid_t pid;
- if (pipe (pipe_fd) != 0
- || (to_in_fd = fd_safer (pipe_fd[0])) < 0
- || (to_out_fd = fd_safer (pipe_fd[1])) < 0
+ if (pipe (child_fd) != 0
+ || (child_fd[0] = fd_safer (child_fd[0])) < 0
+ || (fd[0] = fd_safer (child_fd[1])) < 0
|| pipe (pipe_fd) != 0
- || (from_in_fd = fd_safer (pipe_fd[0])) < 0
- || (from_out_fd = fd_safer (pipe_fd[1])) < 0)
+ || (fd[1] = fd_safer (pipe_fd[0])) < 0
+ || (child_fd[1] = fd_safer (pipe_fd[1])) < 0)
error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, "pipe");
- /* Save the local variables in the parent now, in case vfork
- clobbers them. */
- fd[0] = to_out_fd;
- fd[1] = from_in_fd;
- pipe_fd[0] = to_in_fd;
- pipe_fd[1] = from_out_fd;
-
pid = vfork ();
if (pid < 0)
error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, "fork");
if (! pid)
{
/* Child. */
- close (to_out_fd);
- close (from_in_fd);
- dup2 (to_in_fd, STDIN_FILENO);
- close (to_in_fd);
- dup2 (from_out_fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
- close (from_out_fd);
+ close (fd[0]);
+ close (fd[1]);
+ dup2 (child_fd[0], STDIN_FILENO);
+ close (child_fd[0]);
+ dup2 (child_fd[1], STDOUT_FILENO);
+ close (child_fd[1]);
/* The cast to (char **) rather than (char * const *) is needed
for portability to older hosts with a nonstandard prototype
}
/* Parent. */
- close (pipe_fd[0]);
- close (pipe_fd[1]);
+ close (child_fd[0]);
+ close (child_fd[1]);
return pid;
}