X-Git-Url: http://winboard.nl/cgi-bin?a=blobdiff_plain;f=usystem.c;h=572b910d091a384d7a55bd9dc24d478a36cefc2c;hb=6f3c9bba464d20c0abff140f3f7a6ccd0291253b;hp=77efb609d54ac6756e081abe3383803662e5b77e;hpb=4247eefccb8916d045dccd2d63a4b78f8c5cdf45;p=xboard.git

diff --git a/usystem.c b/usystem.c
index 77efb60..572b910 100644
--- a/usystem.c
+++ b/usystem.c
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ ExpandPathName (char *path)
 
     if (*s == '~') {
 	if(s[1] == '~') { // use ~~ for XBoard's private data directory
-	  snprintf(d, 4*MSG_SIZ, DATADIR "%s", s+2);
+	  snprintf(d, 4*MSG_SIZ, "%s%s", dataDir, s+2);
 	} else
 	if (*(s+1) == '/') {
 	  safeStrCpy(d, getpwuid(getuid())->pw_dir, 4*MSG_SIZ );
@@ -516,6 +516,25 @@ DestroyChildProcess (ProcRef pr, int signalType)
     close(cp->fdTo);
 }
 
+char *
+BufferCommandOutput (char *command, int size)
+{
+    ChildProc *pr;
+    char *res = (char *) calloc(1, size);
+    if(res) {
+	int count;
+	FILE *f;
+	StartChildProcess(command, ".", (ProcRef) &pr);    // run command in daughter process
+	f = fdopen(pr->fdFrom, "r");
+	count = fread(res, 1, size-1, f);  // read its output
+	fclose(f);
+	res[count > 0 ? count : 0] = NULLCHAR;  
+	DestroyChildProcess((ProcRef) pr, 9);
+	free(pr);
+    }
+    return res; // return buffer with output
+}
+
 void
 InterruptChildProcess (ProcRef pr)
 {