use 5.008; package IO::Interactive; use strict; use warnings; $IO::Interactive::VERSION = '1.025'; sub is_interactive { my ($out_handle) = (@_, select); # Default to default output handle # Not interactive if output is not to terminal... return 0 if not -t $out_handle; # If *ARGV is opened, we're interactive if... if ( tied(*ARGV) or defined(fileno(ARGV)) ) { # this is what 'Scalar::Util::openhandle *ARGV' boils down to # ...it's currently opened to the magic '-' file return -t *STDIN if defined $ARGV && $ARGV eq '-'; # ...it's at end-of-file and the next file is the magic '-' file return @ARGV>0 && $ARGV[0] eq '-' && -t *STDIN if eof *ARGV; # ...it's directly attached to the terminal return -t *ARGV; } # If *ARGV isn't opened, it will be interactive if *STDIN is attached # to a terminal. else { return -t *STDIN; } } local (*DEV_NULL, *DEV_NULL2); my $dev_null; BEGIN { pipe *DEV_NULL, *DEV_NULL2 or die "Internal error: can't create null filehandle"; $dev_null = \*DEV_NULL; } sub interactive { my ($out_handle) = (@_, \*STDOUT); # Default to STDOUT return &is_interactive ? $out_handle : $dev_null; } sub _input_pending_on { my ($fh) = @_; my $read_bits = ""; my $bit = fileno($fh); return if $bit < 0; vec($read_bits, fileno($fh), 1) = 1; select $read_bits, undef, undef, 0.1; return $read_bits; } sub busy (&) { my ($block_ref) = @_; # Non-interactive busy-ness is easy...just do it if (!is_interactive()) { $block_ref->(); open my $fh, '<', \ ""; return $fh; } # Otherwise fork off an interceptor process... my ($read, $write); pipe $read, $write; my $child = fork; # Within that interceptor process... if (!$child) { # Prepare to send back any intercepted input... use IO::Handle; close $read; $write->autoflush(1); # Intercept that input... while (1) { if (_input_pending_on(\*ARGV)) { # Read it... my $res = ; # Send it back to the parent... print {$write} $res; # Admonish them for not waiting... print {*STDERR} "That input was ignored. ", "Please don't press any keys yet.\n"; } } exit; } # Meanwhile, back in the parent... close $write; # Temporarily close the input... local *ARGV; open *ARGV, '<', \ ""; # Do the job... $block_ref->(); # Take down the interceptor... kill 9, $child; wait; # Return whatever the interceptor caught... return $read; } sub import { my ($package) = shift; my $caller = caller; # Export each sub if it's requested... for my $request ( @_ ) { no strict 'refs'; my $impl = *{$package.'::'.$request}{CODE}; if(!$impl || $request =~ m/\A _/xms) { require Carp; Carp::croak("Unknown subroutine ($request()) requested"); } *{$caller.'::'.$request} = $impl; } } 1; # Magic true value required at end of module __END__ =encoding utf8 =head1 NAME IO::Interactive - Utilities for interactive I/O =head1 VERSION This document describes IO::Interactive version 1.02 =head1 SYNOPSIS use IO::Interactive qw(is_interactive interactive busy); if ( is_interactive() ) { print "Running interactively\n"; } # or... print {interactive} "Running interactively\n"; $fh = busy { do_noninteractive_stuff(); } =head1 DESCRIPTION This module provides three utility subroutines that make it easier to develop interactive applications. The C filehandle, the one that C<< <> >> or an empty C uses, has various magic associated with it. It's not actually opened until you try to read from it. Checking C<-t ARGV> before you've tried to read from it might give you the wrong answer. Not only that, you might not read from C. If the value in C<@ARGV> is the magic filename C<-> (a convention to mean the standard filehandle for input or output), C might actually be C. You don't want to think about all of this. This module is discussed in I on page 218. Also see the C entry in L and the C entry in L. =over =item C This subroutine returns true if C<*ARGV> and the currently selected filehandle (usually C<*STDOUT>) are connected to the terminal. The test is considerably more sophisticated than: -t *ARGV && -t *STDOUT as it takes into account the magic behaviour of C<*ARGV>. You can also pass C a writable filehandle, in which case it requires that filehandle be connected to a terminal (instead of the currently selected). The usual suspect here is C<*STDERR>: if ( is_interactive(*STDERR) ) { carp $warning; } Note that C may return true in a Windows Scheduled Task. See Github #6 (https://github.com/briandfoy/io-interactive/issues/6). =item C This subroutine returns C<*STDOUT> if C is true. If C is false, C returns a filehandle that does not print. This makes it easy to create applications that print out only when the application is interactive: print {interactive} "Please enter a value: "; my $value = <>; You can also pass C a writable filehandle, in which case it writes to that filehandle if it is connected to a terminal (instead of writing to C<*STDOUT>). Once again, the usual suspect is C<*STDERR>: print {interactive(*STDERR)} $warning; =item C This subroutine takes a block as its single argument and executes that block. Whilst the block is executed, C<*ARGV> is temporarily replaced by a closed filehandle. That is, no input from C<*ARGV> is possible in a C block. Furthermore, any attempts to send input into the C block through C<*ARGV> is intercepted and a warning message is printed to C<*STDERR>. The C call returns a filehandle that contains the intercepted input. A C block is therefore useful to prevent attempts at input when the program is busy at some non-interactive task. =back =head1 DIAGNOSTICS =over =item Unknown subroutine (%s) requested This module only exports the three subroutines described above. You asked for something else. Maybe you misspelled the subroutine you wanted. =back =head1 CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT IO::Interactive requires no configuration files or environment variables. =head1 DEPENDENCIES This module requires the C subroutine from the Scalar::Util module. =head1 INCOMPATIBILITIES None reported. =head1 BUGS AND LIMITATIONS No bugs have been reported. Please report any bugs or feature requests to Github L. =head1 SOURCE AVAILABILITY This code is in GitHub: https://github.com/briandfoy/io-interactive =head1 AUTHOR Damian Conway C<< >> Currently maintained by brian d foy C<< >>. 1.01 patch DMUEY C<< dmuey@cpan.org >> =head1 LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT Copyright © 2005-2021, Damian Conway C<< >>. All rights reserved. This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. =head1 DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY BECAUSE THIS SOFTWARE IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE SOFTWARE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE SOFTWARE "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE IS WITH YOU. 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