Do not wait for RCWD socket file creation

core/rcw.go

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/rwinkhart/rcw/daemon"
 	"github.com/rwinkhart/rcw/wrappers"
@@ -29,21 +28,34 @@ func DecryptFileToSlice(targetLocation string) []string {
 	}
 
 	// decrypt data using RCW daemon
-	launchRCWDProcess()
-	return strings.Split(string(daemon.GetDec(encBytes)), "\n")
+	passphrase := launchRCWDProcess()
+	if passphrase == nil {
+		// if daemon is already running, use it to decrypt the data
+		return strings.Split(string(daemon.GetDec(encBytes)), "\n")
+	}
+	// if the daemon is not already running, use wrappers.Decrypt
+	// directly to avoid waiting for socket file creation
+	decBytes, err := wrappers.Decrypt(encBytes, passphrase)
+	return strings.Split(string(decBytes), "\n")
 }
 
 // EncryptBytes encrypts a byte slice using RCW and returns the encrypted data.
 func EncryptBytes(decBytes []byte) []byte {
-	launchRCWDProcess()
-	return daemon.GetEnc(decBytes)
+	passphrase := launchRCWDProcess()
+	if passphrase == nil {
+		// if daemon is already running, use it to encrypt the data
+		return daemon.GetEnc(decBytes)
+	}
+	// if the daemon is not already running, use wrappers.Encrypt
+	// directly to avoid waiting for socket file creation
+	return wrappers.Encrypt(decBytes, passphrase)
 }
 
 // launchRCWDProcess launches an RCW daemon to cache a passphrase.
-// It returns immediately if the daemon appears to be already running.
-func launchRCWDProcess() {
+// If the daemon is not already running, it returns the passphrase (otherwise returns nil).
+func launchRCWDProcess() []byte {
 	if daemon.IsOpen() {
-		return
+		return nil
 	}
 	var passphrase []byte
 	for {
@@ -58,11 +70,5 @@ func launchRCWDProcess() {
 	writeToStdin(cmd, string(passphrase))
 	cmd.Start()
 
-	// block until socket file is created
-	for {
-		if daemon.IsOpen() {
-			break
-		}
-		time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
-	}
+	return passphrase
 }

go.mod

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fortis/go-steam-totp v0.0.0-20171114202746-18e928674727
 	github.com/pkg/sftp v1.13.9
 	github.com/pquerna/otp v1.4.1-0.20231130234153-3357de7c0481
-	github.com/rwinkhart/rcw v0.0.0-20250508202611-f447c8a28b43
+	github.com/rwinkhart/rcw v0.0.0-20250508234041-b49d9f1eea42
 	golang.design/x/clipboard v0.7.0 // only for Android builds
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.38.0
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0

go.sum

@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ github.com/rwinkhart/go-winio-easy-pipe-handles v0.0.0-20250407031321-96994a0e84
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-github.com/rwinkhart/rcw v0.0.0-20250508202611-f447c8a28b43 h1:TFHU8EkCP0AxAExfA/k5TLfFt7Nja2AmPA1DdVzgRX8=
-github.com/rwinkhart/rcw v0.0.0-20250508202611-f447c8a28b43/go.mod h1:6/TBegxRkK+FbGEmcxqDs4entuCX45cqpYOYKUv2MI0=
+github.com/rwinkhart/rcw v0.0.0-20250508234041-b49d9f1eea42 h1:/vsBCwHP22cmqrtjsRB1OcPcb+sckktdeFlHKmhzD54=
+github.com/rwinkhart/rcw v0.0.0-20250508234041-b49d9f1eea42/go.mod h1:6/TBegxRkK+FbGEmcxqDs4entuCX45cqpYOYKUv2MI0=
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 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=