Struct std::process::Command [] [src]

pub struct Command {
    // some fields omitted
}

The Command type acts as a process builder, providing fine-grained control over how a new process should be spawned. A default configuration can be generated using Command::new(program), where program gives a path to the program to be executed. Additional builder methods allow the configuration to be changed (for example, by adding arguments) prior to spawning:

fn main() { use std::process::Command; let output = Command::new("sh") .arg("-c") .arg("echo hello") .output() .unwrap_or_else(|e| { panic!("failed to execute process: {}", e) }); let hello = output.stdout; }
use std::process::Command;

let output = Command::new("sh")
                     .arg("-c")
                     .arg("echo hello")
                     .output()
                     .unwrap_or_else(|e| { panic!("failed to execute process: {}", e) });
let hello = output.stdout;

Methods

impl Command

fn new<S: AsRef<OsStr>>(program: S) -> Command

Constructs a new Command for launching the program at path program, with the following default configuration:

  • No arguments to the program
  • Inherit the current process's environment
  • Inherit the current process's working directory
  • Inherit stdin/stdout/stderr for spawn or status, but create pipes for output

Builder methods are provided to change these defaults and otherwise configure the process.

fn arg<S: AsRef<OsStr>>(&mut self, arg: S) -> &mut Command

Add an argument to pass to the program.

fn args<S: AsRef<OsStr>>(&mut self, args: &[S]) -> &mut Command

Add multiple arguments to pass to the program.

fn env<K, V>(&mut self, key: K, val: V) -> &mut Command where K: AsRef<OsStr>, V: AsRef<OsStr>

Inserts or updates an environment variable mapping.

Note that environment variable names are case-insensitive (but case-preserving) on Windows, and case-sensitive on all other platforms.

fn env_remove<K: AsRef<OsStr>>(&mut self, key: K) -> &mut Command

Removes an environment variable mapping.

fn env_clear(&mut self) -> &mut Command

Clears the entire environment map for the child process.

fn current_dir<P: AsRef<Path>>(&mut self, dir: P) -> &mut Command

Sets the working directory for the child process.

fn stdin(&mut self, cfg: Stdio) -> &mut Command

Configuration for the child process's stdin handle (file descriptor 0).

fn stdout(&mut self, cfg: Stdio) -> &mut Command

Configuration for the child process's stdout handle (file descriptor 1).

fn stderr(&mut self, cfg: Stdio) -> &mut Command

Configuration for the child process's stderr handle (file descriptor 2).

fn spawn(&mut self) -> Result<Child>

Executes the command as a child process, returning a handle to it.

By default, stdin, stdout and stderr are inherited from the parent.

fn output(&mut self) -> Result<Output>

Executes the command as a child process, waiting for it to finish and collecting all of its output.

By default, stdin, stdout and stderr are captured (and used to provide the resulting output).

Examples

fn main() { use std::process::Command; let output = Command::new("cat").arg("foo.txt").output().unwrap_or_else(|e| { panic!("failed to execute process: {}", e) }); println!("status: {}", output.status); println!("stdout: {}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout)); println!("stderr: {}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr)); }
use std::process::Command;
let output = Command::new("cat").arg("foo.txt").output().unwrap_or_else(|e| {
    panic!("failed to execute process: {}", e)
});

println!("status: {}", output.status);
println!("stdout: {}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout));
println!("stderr: {}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr));

fn status(&mut self) -> Result<ExitStatus>

Executes a command as a child process, waiting for it to finish and collecting its exit status.

By default, stdin, stdout and stderr are inherited from the parent.

Examples

fn main() { use std::process::Command; let status = Command::new("ls").status().unwrap_or_else(|e| { panic!("failed to execute process: {}", e) }); println!("process exited with: {}", status); }
use std::process::Command;

let status = Command::new("ls").status().unwrap_or_else(|e| {
    panic!("failed to execute process: {}", e)
});

println!("process exited with: {}", status);

Trait Implementations

impl CommandExt for Command

fn uid(&mut self, id: uid_t) -> &mut Command

fn gid(&mut self, id: gid_t) -> &mut Command

fn session_leader(&mut self, on: bool) -> &mut Command

impl Debug for Command

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> Result

impl CommandExt for Command

fn uid(&mut self, id: uid_t) -> &mut Command

fn gid(&mut self, id: gid_t) -> &mut Command

fn session_leader(&mut self, on: bool) -> &mut Command