/* * vim:ts=4:sw=4:expandtab */ #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include "i3status.h" /* * This function tries to automatically find out where i3status is being piped * to and choses the appropriate output format. * * It is a little hackish but should work for most setups :). * * By iterating through /proc//stat and finding out the parent process * id (just like pstree(1) or ps(1) work), we can get all children of our * parent. When the output of i3status is being piped somewhere, the shell * (parent process) spawns i3status and the destination process, so we will * find our own process and the pipe target. * * We then check whether the pipe target’s name is known and chose the format. * */ char *auto_detect_format(void) { pid_t myppid = getppid(); pid_t mypid = getpid(); DIR *dir; struct dirent *entry; char path[255]; /* the relevant contents (for us) are: * () * which should well fit into one page of 4096 bytes */ char buffer[4096]; char *format = NULL; char *parentname = NULL; if (!(dir = opendir("/proc"))) return NULL; /* First pass: get the executable name of the parent. * Upon error, we directly return NULL as we cannot continue without the * name of our parent process. */ while ((entry = readdir(dir)) != NULL) { pid_t pid = (pid_t)atoi(entry->d_name); if (pid != myppid) continue; if (snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/proc/%d/stat", pid) == -1 || !slurp(path, buffer, 4095)) goto out; buffer[4095] = '\0'; char *leftbracket = strchr(buffer, '('); char *rightbracket = strrchr(buffer, ')'); if (!leftbracket || !rightbracket || !(parentname = malloc((rightbracket - leftbracket)))) goto out; *rightbracket = '\0'; strcpy(parentname, leftbracket + 1); } if (!parentname) goto out; /* Some shells, for example zsh, open a pipe in a way which will make the * pipe target the parent process of i3status. If we detect that, we set * the format and we are done. */ if (strcasecmp(parentname, "i3bar") == 0) format = "i3bar"; else if (strcasecmp(parentname, "dzen2") == 0) format = "dzen2"; else if (strcasecmp(parentname, "xmobar") == 0) format = "xmobar"; if (format) goto out; rewinddir(dir); while ((entry = readdir(dir)) != NULL) { pid_t pid = (pid_t)atoi(entry->d_name); if (pid == 0 || pid == mypid) continue; if (snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/proc/%d/stat", pid) == -1) continue; char *name = NULL; pid_t ppid; int loopcnt = 0; /* Now we need to find out the name of the process. * To avoid the possible race condition of the process existing already * but not executing the destination (shell after fork() and before * exec()), we check if the name equals its parent. * * We try this for up to 0.5 seconds, then we give up. */ do { /* give the scheduler a chance between each iteration, don’t hog * the CPU too much */ if (name) usleep(50); if (!slurp(path, buffer, 4095)) break; buffer[4095] = '\0'; char *leftbracket = strchr(buffer, '('); char *rightbracket = strrchr(buffer, ')'); if (!leftbracket || !rightbracket || sscanf(rightbracket + 2, "%*c %d", &ppid) != 1 || ppid != myppid) break; *rightbracket = '\0'; name = leftbracket + 1; } while (strcmp(parentname, name) == 0 && loopcnt++ < 10000); if (!name) continue; /* Check for known destination programs and set format */ char *newfmt = NULL; if (strcasecmp(name, "i3bar") == 0) newfmt = "i3bar"; else if (strcasecmp(name, "dzen2") == 0) newfmt = "dzen2"; else if (strcasecmp(name, "xmobar") == 0) newfmt = "xmobar"; if (newfmt && format && strcmp(newfmt, format) != 0) { fprintf(stderr, "i3status: cannot auto-configure, situation ambiguous (format \"%s\" *and* \"%s\" detected)\n", newfmt, format); format = NULL; break; } else { format = newfmt; } } out: if (parentname) free(parentname); closedir(dir); return format; }