awesome/util.c
2007-09-12 14:29:51 +02:00

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C

/*
* util.c - useful functions
*
* Copyright © 2007 Julien Danjou <julien@danjou.info>
* Copyright © 2006 Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@debian.org>
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
* with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
* 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
*
*/
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include "util.h"
void
eprint(const char *fmt, ...)
{
va_list ap;
va_start(ap, fmt);
vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
va_end(ap);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
void
spawn(Display * disp,
awesome_config * awesomeconf __attribute__ ((unused)),
const char *arg)
{
static char *shell = NULL;
if(!shell && !(shell = getenv("SHELL")))
shell = strdup("/bin/sh");
if(!arg)
return;
/* The double-fork construct avoids zombie processes and keeps the code
* * clean from stupid signal handlers. */
if(fork() == 0)
{
if(fork() == 0)
{
if(disp)
close(ConnectionNumber(disp));
setsid();
execl(shell, shell, "-c", arg, (char *) NULL);
fprintf(stderr, "awesome: execl '%s -c %s'", shell, arg);
perror(" failed");
}
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
wait(0);
}