-sub safe_pipe_capture_blob {
- my $output;
- if (my $pid = open my $child, '-|') {
- local $/;
- undef $/;
- $output = (<$child>);
- close $child or die join(' ',@_).": $! $?";
- } else {
- exec(@_) or die "$! $?"; # exec() can fail the executable can't be found
- }
- return $output;
+sub xargs_safe_pipe_capture {
+ my $MAX_ARG_LENGTH = 65536;
+ my $cmd = shift;
+ my @output;
+ my $output;
+ while(@_) {
+ my @args;
+ my $length = 0;
+ while(@_ && $length < $MAX_ARG_LENGTH) {
+ push @args, shift;
+ $length += length($args[$#args]);
+ }
+ if (wantarray) {
+ push @output, safe_pipe_capture(@$cmd, @args);
+ }
+ else {
+ $output .= safe_pipe_capture(@$cmd, @args);
+ }
+ }
+ return wantarray ? @output : $output;