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Example for how to provide stdin using std::process::Command
Spawning a child process and writing to its stdin is a bit tricky due to
`as_mut` and having to use a limited borrow. An example for this might
help newer users.
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robinst committed Feb 27, 2017
commit 8079bf35c596eef32ec872d35e28c90e4744f61e
25 changes: 25 additions & 0 deletions src/libstd/process.rs
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//!
//! assert!(ecode.success());
//! ```
//!
//! Calling a command with input and reading its output:
//!
//! ```no_run
//! use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
//! use std::io::Write;
//!
//! let mut child = Command::new("/bin/cat")
//! .stdin(Stdio::piped())
//! .stdout(Stdio::piped())
//! .spawn()
//! .expect("failed to execute child");
//!
//! {
//! // limited borrow of stdin
//! let stdin = child.stdin.as_mut().expect("failed to get stdin");
//! stdin.write_all(b"test").expect("failed to write to stdin");
//! }
//!
//! let output = child
//! .wait_with_output()
//! .expect("failed to wait on child");
//!
//! assert_eq!(b"test", output.stdout.as_slice());
//! ```

#![stable(feature = "process", since = "1.0.0")]

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