Memory-managed wrapper type.

Type class for types which can be safely cast to SubprocessLauncher, for instance with toSubprocessLauncher.

Cast to SubprocessLauncher, for types for which this is known to be safe. For general casts, use castTo.

Returns the value of the environment variable variable in the environment of processes launched from this launcher.

On UNIX, the returned string can be an arbitrary byte string. On Windows, it will be UTF-8.

Since: 2.40

Creates a new SubprocessLauncher.

The launcher is created with the default options. A copy of the environment of the calling process is made at the time of this call and will be used as the environment that the process is launched in.

Since: 2.40

Sets the current working directory that processes will be launched with.

By default processes are launched with the current working directory of the launching process at the time of launch.

Since: 2.40

Replace the entire environment of processes launched from this launcher with the given 'environ' variable.

Typically you will build this variable by using listenv to copy the process 'environ' and using the functions environSetenv, environUnsetenv, etc.

As an alternative, you can use subprocessLauncherSetenv, subprocessLauncherUnsetenv, etc.

Pass an empty array to set an empty environment. Pass Nothing to inherit the parent process’ environment. As of GLib 2.54, the parent process’ environment will be copied when subprocessLauncherSetEnviron is called. Previously, it was copied when the subprocess was executed. This means the copied environment may now be modified (using subprocessLauncherSetenv, etc.) before launching the subprocess.

On UNIX, all strings in this array can be arbitrary byte strings. On Windows, they should be in UTF-8.

Since: 2.40

Sets the flags on the launcher.

The default flags are SubprocessFlagsNone.

You may not set flags that specify conflicting options for how to handle a particular stdio stream (eg: specifying both SubprocessFlagsStdinPipe and SubprocessFlagsStdinInherit).

You may also not set a flag that conflicts with a previous call to a function like subprocessLauncherSetStdinFilePath or subprocessLauncherTakeStdoutFd.

Since: 2.40

Sets the file path to use as the stderr for spawned processes.

If path is Nothing then any previously given path is unset.

The file will be created or truncated when the process is spawned, as would be the case if using '2>' at the shell.

If you want to send both stdout and stderr to the same file then use SubprocessFlagsStderrMerge.

You may not set a stderr file path if a stderr fd is already set or if the launcher flags contain any flags directing stderr elsewhere.

This feature is only available on UNIX.

Since: 2.40

Sets the file path to use as the stdin for spawned processes.

If path is Nothing then any previously given path is unset.

The file must exist or spawning the process will fail.

You may not set a stdin file path if a stdin fd is already set or if the launcher flags contain any flags directing stdin elsewhere.

This feature is only available on UNIX.

Since: 2.40

Sets the file path to use as the stdout for spawned processes.

If path is Nothing then any previously given path is unset.

The file will be created or truncated when the process is spawned, as would be the case if using '>' at the shell.

You may not set a stdout file path if a stdout fd is already set or if the launcher flags contain any flags directing stdout elsewhere.

This feature is only available on UNIX.

Since: 2.40

Sets the environment variable variable in the environment of processes launched from this launcher.

On UNIX, both the variable's name and value can be arbitrary byte strings, except that the variable's name cannot contain '='. On Windows, they should be in UTF-8.

Since: 2.40

Creates a Subprocess given a provided array of arguments.

Since: 2.40

Transfer an arbitrary file descriptor from parent process to the child. This function takes "ownership" of the fd; it will be closed in the parent when self is freed.

By default, all file descriptors from the parent will be closed. This function allows you to create (for example) a custom pipe() or socketpair() before launching the process, and choose the target descriptor in the child.

An example use case is GNUPG, which has a command line argument --passphrase-fd providing a file descriptor number where it expects the passphrase to be written.

Sets the file descriptor to use as the stderr for spawned processes.

If fd is -1 then any previously given fd is unset.

Note that the default behaviour is to pass stderr through to the stderr of the parent process.

The passed fd belongs to the SubprocessLauncher. It will be automatically closed when the launcher is finalized. The file descriptor will also be closed on the child side when executing the spawned process.

You may not set a stderr fd if a stderr file path is already set or if the launcher flags contain any flags directing stderr elsewhere.

This feature is only available on UNIX.

Since: 2.40

Sets the file descriptor to use as the stdin for spawned processes.

If fd is -1 then any previously given fd is unset.

Note that if your intention is to have the stdin of the calling process inherited by the child then SubprocessFlagsStdinInherit is a better way to go about doing that.

The passed fd is noted but will not be touched in the current process. It is therefore necessary that it be kept open by the caller until the subprocess is spawned. The file descriptor will also not be explicitly closed on the child side, so it must be marked O_CLOEXEC if that's what you want.

You may not set a stdin fd if a stdin file path is already set or if the launcher flags contain any flags directing stdin elsewhere.

This feature is only available on UNIX.

Since: 2.40

Sets the file descriptor to use as the stdout for spawned processes.

If fd is -1 then any previously given fd is unset.

Note that the default behaviour is to pass stdout through to the stdout of the parent process.

The passed fd is noted but will not be touched in the current process. It is therefore necessary that it be kept open by the caller until the subprocess is spawned. The file descriptor will also not be explicitly closed on the child side, so it must be marked O_CLOEXEC if that's what you want.

You may not set a stdout fd if a stdout file path is already set or if the launcher flags contain any flags directing stdout elsewhere.

This feature is only available on UNIX.

Since: 2.40

Removes the environment variable variable from the environment of processes launched from this launcher.

On UNIX, the variable's name can be an arbitrary byte string not containing '='. On Windows, it should be in UTF-8.

Since: 2.40

Construct a GValueConstruct with valid value for the “flags” property. This is rarely needed directly, but it is used by new.