spawnSync

Executes a child synchronously (waits for the child to exit before returning).

All output from the child is stored in standard_output and standard_error, if those parameters are non-null. Note that you must set the G_SPAWN_STDOUT_TO_DEV_NULL and G_SPAWN_STDERR_TO_DEV_NULL flags when passing null for standard_output and standard_error.

If wait_status is non-null, the platform-specific status of the child is stored there; see the documentation of glib.global.spawnCheckWaitStatus for how to use and interpret this. On Unix platforms, note that it is usually not equal to the integer passed to exit() or returned from main().

Note that it is invalid to pass G_SPAWN_DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD in flags, and on POSIX platforms, the same restrictions as for glib.global.childWatchSourceNew apply.

If an error occurs, no data is returned in standard_output, standard_error, or wait_status.

This function calls glib.global.spawnAsyncWithPipes internally; see that function for full details on the other parameters and details on how these functions work on Windows.

Parameters

workingDirectory string

child's current working directory, or null to inherit parent's

argv string[]

child's argument vector, which must be non-empty and null-terminated

envp string[]

child's environment, or null to inherit parent's

flags glib.types.SpawnFlags

flags from #GSpawnFlags

childSetup glib.types.SpawnChildSetupFunc

function to run in the child just before exec()

standardOutput string

return location for child output, or null

standardError string

return location for child error messages, or null

waitStatus int

return location for child wait status, as returned by waitpid(), or null

Return Value

Type: bool

true on success, false if an error was set