At this stage, GILD is selecting the write handler and calling it, and

passing the output back to the client; it isn't, however, passing the first
line of input to the client because it has eaten that.

config.c

@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ extern char errorBuff[];	/* where I assemble logging messages */
 handler * handlers = ( handler *) null;
 				/* the list of handlers I handle */
 
-void parse_config( char * path)
+int parse_config( char * path)
 /* parse the config file and identify the handlers I handle */
 {
      FILE * configFile;		/* the file handle from which to load config */
      char * line[ 1024];	/* a buffer to read lines into */
-     
+     int n = 0;			/* number of handlers we find */
 
      sprintf( errorBuff, "Loading configuration from %s", path);
      error( NOTICE);
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ void parse_config( char * path)
 	       handler * newhandler = 
 		    ( struct handler *) malloc( sizeof( struct handler));
 				/* create a handler */
+	       struct re_pattern_buffer * patternBuff = 
+		    ( struct re_pattern_buffer *) 
+			 malloc( sizeof( struct re_pattern_buffer));
+				/* and reserve space for a compiled regex */
 
 	       if ( newhandler == ( handler *) null)
 	       {		/* unlikely, but... best check */
@@ -62,15 +66,19 @@ void parse_config( char * path)
 		    error( FATAL_ERROR);
 	       }
 
+	       regcomp( patternBuff, pattern, 
+		       REG_ICASE | REG_NEWLINE);
 				/* and load it with the values we found */
 	       newhandler->port = port;
 	       newhandler->protocol = strdup( protocol);
-	       newhandler->pattern = regcomp( pattern);
+	       newhandler->pattern = patternBuff;
 	       newhandler->command = strdup( command);
 				/* then splice it into the handler chain */
 	       newhandler->next = handlers;
 	       handlers = newhandler;
 
+	       n ++;		/* increment the counter */
+	       
 				/* and log it. */
 	       sprintf( errorBuff, 
 		       "registering handler [%s] for protocol %s", 
@@ -93,6 +101,7 @@ void parse_config( char * path)
 	       }		 
 	  }
      }
+     return ( n);		/* say how many we found */
 }
 
 char * get_handler_command( char * match)
@@ -100,12 +109,13 @@ char * get_handler_command( char * match)
 {
      handler * h;
      char * command = null;
+     regmatch_t pmatch[ 2];
 
      for ( h = handlers; ( command == null) && ( h != null); h = h->next)
 				/* scan down the list of handlers looking
 				   for a match... */
      {
-	  if ( 0) /* ( regexec( h->pattern, match)) */
+	  if ( regexec( h->pattern, match, 2, pmatch, 0) == 0)
 	  {
 	       command = h->command;
 	  }

gild.c

@@ -74,7 +74,16 @@ int main( int argc, char * argv[])
 	  }
      }
 
-     parse_config( configPath);
+     if ( parse_config( configPath) == 0)
+     {
+	  sprintf( errorBuff, "failed to load any handlers");
+	  error( FATAL_ERROR);
+     }
+
+     port = handlers->port;	/* for now we'll listen on the port of
+				   the last registered handler --
+				   after all, we bomb out if this is
+				   different from any of the others */
 
      keyhole = socket( AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
      if ( keyhole == -1)
@@ -114,7 +123,7 @@ int main( int argc, char * argv[])
 	  sprintf( errorBuff, "failed in listen()?");
 	  error( FATAL_ERROR);
      }
-     sprintf( errorBuff, "GILD: awaiting requests");
+     sprintf( errorBuff, "GILD: awaiting requests on port %d", port);
      error( NOTICE);
 
      for ever

gild.h

@@ -12,14 +12,10 @@
 *                                                                          *
 \**************************************************************************/
 
-#define _POSIX_SOURCE
-/* this is a fudge. The whole thing depends on fdopen, and I'm having
-   great difficulty making it work */
-
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <regexp.h>
+#include <regex.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 
@@ -30,7 +26,10 @@
 #define DEFAULT_PORT_NO 1984
 #define MAX_PENDING_REQUESTS 5
 
-#define null (((void *) 0))
+#define STDIN_FILENO 0
+#define STDOUT_FILENO 1
+#define STDERR_FILENO 2
+
 
 #define FATAL_ERROR 1
 #define NOTICE 0
@@ -38,13 +37,15 @@
 #define DEBUG 1
 
 #define ever (;;)
+#define null (((void *) 0))
+
 
 typedef struct handler
 {
      struct handler * next;	/* next one down the chain */
      int    port;		/* the port on which I listen */
      char * protocol;		/* a name for the protocol handled  */
-     regexp * pattern;		/* the pattern to match to select this
+     regex_t * pattern;		/* the pattern to match to select this
 				   handler */
      char * command;		/* the command to invoke this handler */
 } handler;
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ void error( int severity);
 char * get_handler_command( char * match);
 /* find a handler whose pattern matches match, and return it's command */
 
-void parse_config( char * path);
+int parse_config( char * path);
 /* parse the config file and identify the handlers I handle */
 
 void wrapper( int conversation);

wrapper.c

@@ -34,53 +34,20 @@ void wrapper( int conversation)
      printf( "wrapper started with fdes [%d]\n",
 		  conversation); 
 
+#ifdef glubba
      hear = dup( conversation);	/* creat two handles on conversation */
      say = dup( conversation);	/* one for reading and one for writing */
-
-#ifdef globba
-     for( i = 0; ( i < 1024 ) && ( ( i == 0) || ( firstln[ i - 1] > ' ')); i++)
-     {
-	  read( hear, ( char *)firstln + i, 1);
-				/* read a control-terminated line from the
-                                   conversation, one byte at a time
-                                   (prolly a better way of doing this) */
-	  puts( firstln);
-     }
-     firstln[ i] = '\0';	/* terminate the string */
 #endif
 
-     recv( hear, firstln, 80, MSG_PEEK);
+     if ( dup2( conversation, STDIN_FILENO) == -1)
-
-     printf( "looking for command to match [%s]\n", firstln);
-
-     command = get_handler_command( firstln);
-				/* and find the appropriate handler */
-
-     printf( "got command [%s]\n", command);
-
-     if ( ! command)	/* didn't find one */
-     {
-	  sprintf( errorBuff, "no handler registered for %s", firstln);
-	  error( FATAL_ERROR);
-     }
-     else			/* did find one */
-     {
-	  sprintf( errorBuff, "using handler %s for protocol %s", 
-		  command, firstln);
-	  error( FATAL_ERROR);
-     }
-
-     recv( hear, firstln, 1024, 0);
-     exit( 0);
-
-     if ( dup2( hear, 0) == -1)
      {
 	  sprintf( errorBuff, 
 		  "failed to duplicate conversation [%d] onto stdin: %s",
 		  hear, strerror( errno));
 	  error( FATAL_ERROR);
      }
-     dup2( say, 1);
+
+     if ( dup2( conversation, STDOUT_FILENO) == -1)
      {
 	  sprintf( errorBuff, 
 		  "failed to duplicate conversation [%d] onto stdout: %s",
@@ -88,11 +55,20 @@ void wrapper( int conversation)
 	  error( FATAL_ERROR);
      }
 
-/*     gets( firstln); */
+     gets( firstln);
-     puts( "hello!\n");
+
-/*     puts( firstln); */
+     command = get_handler_command( firstln);
+				/* and find the appropriate handler */
+     if ( ! command)	/* didn't find one */
+     {
+	  sprintf( errorBuff, "no handler registered for %s", firstln);
+	  error( FATAL_ERROR);
+     }
+     else			/* did find one */
+     {
+	  system( command);
+     }
 
-     puts("\tClosing...");
      exit( 0);
 }