GF shell: improved system_pipe (aka "?") command

1. No temporary files are created.

2. The output of a system command is read lazily, making it feasible to 
   process large or even infinite output, e.g. the following works as
   expected:

	? "yes" | ? "head -5" | ps -lextext
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hallgren
2013-11-19 15:18:58 +00:00
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module GF.System.Process where
import System.Process
import System.IO(hGetContents,hClose,hPutStr)
import Control.Concurrent(forkIO)
import GF.System.Catch(try)
-- | Feed some input to a shell process and read the output lazily
readShellProcess :: String -- ^ shell command
-> String -- ^ input to shell command
-> IO String -- ^ output from shell command
readShellProcess cmd input =
do (Just stdin,Just stdout,Nothing,ph) <-
createProcess (shell cmd){std_in=CreatePipe,std_out=CreatePipe}
forkIO $ do try $ hPutStr stdin input
try $ hClose stdin
waitForProcess ph
return ()
hGetContents stdout