/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // /// \file open_stdxxx.h /// \brief Make sure that file descriptors 0, 1, and 2 are open // // Author: Lasse Collin // // This file has been put into the public domain. // You can do whatever you want with this file. // /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// #ifndef OPEN_STDXXX_H #define OPEN_STDXXX_H #include #include #include static void open_stdxxx(int status) { for (int i = 0; i <= 2; ++i) { // We use fcntl() to check if the file descriptor is open. if (fcntl(i, F_GETFD) == -1 && errno == EBADF) { // With stdin, we could use /dev/full so that // writing to stdin would fail. However, /dev/full // is Linux specific, and if the program tries to // write to stdin, there's already a problem anyway. const int fd = open("/dev/null", O_NOCTTY | (i == 0 ? O_WRONLY : O_RDONLY)); if (fd != i) { // Something went wrong. Exit with the // exit status we were given. Don't try // to print an error message, since stderr // may very well be non-existent. This // error should be extremely rare. (void)close(fd); exit(status); } } } return; } #endif