/* * util.c - useful functions * * Copyright © 2007 Julien Danjou * Copyright © 2006 Pierre Habouzit * * 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 #include #include #include #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); }