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| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/eval.txt | 32 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/nvim/event/rstream.c | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/nvim/os/shell.c | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | test/functional/eval/system_spec.lua (renamed from test/functional/ex_cmds/viml_system_spec.lua) | 0 |
5 files changed, 34 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt index dedbe49605..3c9b4dafcd 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt @@ -6838,23 +6838,30 @@ system({cmd} [, {input}]) *system()* *E677* Get the output of the shell command {cmd} as a |string|. {cmd} will be run the same as in |jobstart()|. See |systemlist()| to get the output as a |List|. - - When {input} is given and is a string this string is written - to a file and passed as stdin to the command. The string is - written as-is, you need to take care of using the correct line - separators yourself. - If {input} is given and is a |List| it is written to the file - in a way |writefile()| does with {binary} set to "b" (i.e. - with a newline between each list item with newlines inside - list items converted to NULs). - Pipes are not used. + Not to be used for interactive commands. + + If {input} is a string it is written to a pipe and passed as + stdin to the command. The string is written as-is, line + separators are not changed. + If {input} is a |List| it is written to the pipe as + |writefile()| does with {binary} set to "b" (i.e. with + a newline between each list item, and newlines inside list + items converted to NULs). + *E5677* + Note: system() cannot write to or read from backgrounded ("&") + shell commands, e.g.: > + :echo system("cat - &", "foo")) +< which is equivalent to: > + $ echo foo | bash -c 'cat - &' +< The pipes are disconnected (unless overridden by shell + redirection syntax) before input can reach it. Use + |jobstart()| instead. Note: Use |shellescape()| or |::S| with |expand()| or |fnamemodify()| to escape special characters in a command argument. Newlines in {cmd} may cause the command to fail. The characters in 'shellquote' and 'shellxquote' may also cause trouble. - This is not to be used for interactive commands. The result is a String. Example: > :let files = system("ls " . shellescape(expand('%:h'))) @@ -6869,9 +6876,6 @@ system({cmd} [, {input}]) *system()* *E677* The command executed is constructed using several options when {cmd} is a string: 'shell' 'shellcmdflag' {cmd} - The command will be executed in "cooked" mode, so that a - CTRL-C will interrupt the command (on Unix at least). - The resulting error code can be found in |v:shell_error|. This function will fail in |restricted-mode|. diff --git a/runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt b/runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt index 1598beaaa0..bb1f993ab6 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt @@ -141,10 +141,10 @@ are always available and may be used simultaneously in separate plugins. The `neovim` pip package must be installed to use Python plugins in Nvim (see |provider-python|). -|:!| and |system()| do not support "interactive" commands; use |:terminal| for -that instead. Terminal Vim supports interactive |:!| and |system()|, but gui -Vim does not. See ":help gui-pty" in Vim: - http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/gui_x11.html#gui-pty +|:!| does not support "interactive" commands. Use |:terminal| instead. +(GUI Vim has a similar limitation, see ":help gui-pty" in Vim.) + +|system()| does not support writing/reading "backgrounded" commands. |E5677| |mkdir()| behaviour changed: 1. Assuming /tmp/foo does not exist and /tmp can be written to diff --git a/src/nvim/event/rstream.c b/src/nvim/event/rstream.c index 5126dfd84e..92efc9fa2e 100644 --- a/src/nvim/event/rstream.c +++ b/src/nvim/event/rstream.c @@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ static void read_cb(uv_stream_t *uvstream, ssize_t cnt, const uv_buf_t *buf) // to `alloc_cb` will return the same unused pointer(`rbuffer_produced` // won't be called) && cnt != 0) { - DLOG("Closing Stream(%p) because of %s(%zd)", stream, - uv_strerror((int)cnt), cnt); + DLOG("Closing Stream (%p): %s (%s)", stream, + uv_err_name((int)cnt), os_strerror((int)cnt)); // Read error or EOF, either way stop the stream and invoke the callback // with eof == true uv_read_stop(uvstream); diff --git a/src/nvim/os/shell.c b/src/nvim/os/shell.c index e9a3dcbff8..18ee008d66 100644 --- a/src/nvim/os/shell.c +++ b/src/nvim/os/shell.c @@ -545,6 +545,16 @@ static size_t write_output(char *output, size_t remaining, bool to_buffer, static void shell_write_cb(Stream *stream, void *data, int status) { + if (status) { + // Can happen if system() tries to send input to a shell command that was + // backgrounded (:call system("cat - &", "foo")). #3529 #5241 + EMSG2(_("E5677: Error writing input to shell-command: %s"), + uv_err_name(status)); + } + if (stream->closed) { // Process may have exited before this write. + ELOG("stream was already closed"); + return; + } stream_close(stream, NULL, NULL); } diff --git a/test/functional/ex_cmds/viml_system_spec.lua b/test/functional/eval/system_spec.lua index b8f1f87f30..b8f1f87f30 100644 --- a/test/functional/ex_cmds/viml_system_spec.lua +++ b/test/functional/eval/system_spec.lua |