use std::io::Read; use std::io::Seek; use std::io::SeekFrom; use std::io::Write; use std::process::Command; use std::io::Error as IOError; use tempfile::NamedTempFile; pub fn edit_in_tmpfile_with_command(mut cmd: Command, s: &mut String) -> Result { let file = try!(NamedTempFile::new()); let file_path = file.path(); let mut file = try!(file.reopen()); try!(file.write_all(&s.clone().into_bytes()[..])); try!(file.sync_data()); cmd.arg(file_path) .status() .and_then(|status| { if status.success() { file.sync_data() .and_then(|_| file.seek(SeekFrom::Start(0))) .and_then(|_| { let mut new_s = String::new(); let res = file.read_to_string(&mut new_s); *s = new_s; res }) .map(|_| true) } else { Ok(false) } }) }