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#! /bin/sh
#
# [sh -x] spawn [command [argument ...]]
#
# export id to create&destroy or reuse the working directory //proc/$id/.
# this feature is for debug only and marked as deprecated, so don't rely
# on it too hard.
#
spawn() {
  set -euf

  # establish working subdirectory in //proc.  we're mking only
  # transient dirs, i.e. if we mkdir, then we also defer rmdir.
  if test -n "${id-}"; then
    : "using id=$id from env"
    wd=$pd/$id
    if ! test -d $wd; then
      : "make transient $wd/"
      mkdir $wd
      defer rmdir $wd
    elif ! test `ls $wd | wc -l` = 0; then
      : "$wd/ is not empty!"
      exit 23
    else
      : "reuse existing $wd/"
    fi
  else
    id=`cd $pd && mktemp -d XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX`
    wd=$pd/$id
    defer rmdir $wd
    : "made transient $wd/"
  fi

  # change to //proc working directory
  cwd="$PWD"
  cd $wd
  #defer cd $cwd # no need for this, b/c at that time we're aldeady dead

  # create named pipes for the child process's stdio
  mkfifo 0 1 2
  defer rm 0 1 2

  # spawn child process
  ( : "in $PWD/ spawn ${*:-"nothing"}"
    exec 0>&- 1>&- 2>&- 0<>0 1<>1 2<>2
    cd "$cwd"
    exec "$@") &
  pid=$!

  # setup a trap to kill the child process if this (parent) process dies
  defer kill $pid

  # store misc. info.
  ln -snf $cwd cwd
  echo $id >id
  echo $$ >ppid
  echo $pid >pid
  defer rm cwd id pid ppid

  # wait for the child process's 
  set +e
  wait $pid
  code=$?
  set -e

  # the child is already dead
  cancel kill $pid

  # return the same way wait did
  (exit $code)
}

#
# defer [command [argument ...]]
#
# Defer execution of a command.  Deferred commands are executed in LIFO
# order immediately before the script terminates.  See (golang's defer
# statement for more information how this should work).
#
defer() {
  defer="$*${defer+
$defer}"
}

#
# cancel [command [argument ...]]
#
# Cancel a deferred command.  The arguments have to match exactly a
# prior defer call or else chaos and mayhem shall haunt thee and shi-
#
cancel() {
  defer="`echo "$defer" | grep -Fxv "$*"`"
}

# setup //proc directory
pd=/tmp/krebs/proc
mkdir -p $pd
test -w $pd

# setup deferred execution and spawn command
trap 'eval "${defer-}"; defer=' EXIT INT TERM
spawn "$@"