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+# Copyright (C) 2016 all contributors <meta@public-inbox.org>
+# License: AGPL-3.0+ <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>
+
+# a tied handle for auto reaping of children tied to a pipe, see perltie(1)
+package PublicInbox::ProcessPipe;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+sub TIEHANDLE {
+ my ($class, $pid, $fh) = @_;
+ bless { pid => $pid, fh => $fh }, $class;
+}
+
+sub READ { sysread($_[0]->{fh}, $_[1], $_[2], $_[3] || 0) }
+
+sub READLINE { readline($_[0]->{fh}) }
+
+sub CLOSE { close($_[0]->{fh}) }
+
+sub FILENO { fileno($_[0]->{fh}) }
+
+sub DESTROY {
+ my $fh = delete($_[0]->{fh});
+ close $fh if $fh;
+ waitpid($_[0]->{pid}, 0);
+}
+
+sub pid { $_[0]->{pid} }
+
+1;