tarantool / tarantool/tarantool
popen: add cwd run option
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Description
Sometimes it is required to run external command in a specific directory. At this moment it is required to do something like this
local cwd = fio.cwd()
fio.chdir(path)
pcall(popen.new, { cmd })
fio.chdir(cwd)
or if you are running with shell flag it could be done with less code
cmd = string.format('cd %s && %s', path, cmd)
popen.new({ cmd }, { shell = true })
Would be nice to have cwd option so it all would look like this
popen.new({ cmd }, { cwd = path })
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start at the popen.new entry point and inspect how its command options are handled, using the existing fio.cwd and fio.chdir examples for context. The work is done when popen.new accepts cwd and runs the external command in that directory without requiring the caller to change the process working directory.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- lua
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100