rust-archlinux-update/src/shell_commands.rs

/*
    Rust Arch Linux Updater
    Copyright (C) 2024 Luke Harding <luke@lukeh990.io>
    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/

/*
    shell_commands.rs
    This file contains utility functions to interact with the shell.
*/

use std::ffi::OsStr;
use std::io;
use std::io::{ErrorKind, Read};
use std::process::{Command, Stdio};

pub fn execute_and_display<S: AsRef<OsStr>, I>(cmd: S, args: I) -> io::Result<()>
where
    I: IntoIterator,
    I::Item: AsRef<OsStr>,
{
    let mut child = Command::new(cmd)
        .args(args)
        .stderr(Stdio::piped())
        .spawn()?;

    child.wait()?;

    if let Some(mut child_stderr) = child.stderr {
        let mut output = String::new();
        child_stderr.read_to_string(&mut output)?;

        // TODO: Relocate to future pacman api
        if output == "error: you cannot perform this operation unless you are root.\n" {
            Err(io::Error::from(ErrorKind::PermissionDenied))
        } else if output.is_empty() {
            Ok(())
        } else {
            Err(io::Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, output))
        }
    } else {
        Ok(())
    }
}

pub fn execute_in_sh(cmd: &'static str) -> io::Result<()> {
    execute_and_display("sh", ["-c", cmd])
}