JasonWoof Got questions, comments, patches, etc.? Contact Jason Woofenden
added a comment to spawn
[dwm.git] / util.c
1 /*
2  * (C)opyright MMVI Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam at gmail dot com>
3  * See LICENSE file for license details.
4  */
5 #include "dwm.h"
6 #include <stdarg.h>
7 #include <stdio.h>
8 #include <stdlib.h>
9 #include <sys/wait.h>
10 #include <unistd.h>
11
12 /* extern */
13
14 void *
15 emallocz(unsigned int size)
16 {
17         void *res = calloc(1, size);
18
19         if(!res)
20                 eprint("fatal: could not malloc() %u bytes\n", size);
21         return res;
22 }
23
24 void
25 eprint(const char *errstr, ...)
26 {
27         va_list ap;
28
29         va_start(ap, errstr);
30         vfprintf(stderr, errstr, ap);
31         va_end(ap);
32         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
33 }
34
35 void *
36 erealloc(void *ptr, unsigned int size)
37 {
38         void *res = realloc(ptr, size);
39         if(!res)
40                 eprint("fatal: could not malloc() %u bytes\n", size);
41         return res;
42 }
43
44 void
45 spawn(Arg *arg)
46 {
47         static char *shell = NULL;
48
49         if(!shell && !(shell = getenv("SHELL")))
50                 shell = "/bin/sh";
51
52         if(!arg->cmd)
53                 return;
54         /* the double-fork construct avoids zombie processes */
55         if(fork() == 0) {
56                 if(fork() == 0) {
57                         if(dpy)
58                                 close(ConnectionNumber(dpy));
59                         setsid();
60                         execl(shell, shell, "-c", arg->cmd, (char *)NULL);
61                         fprintf(stderr, "dwm: execl '%s -c %s'", shell, arg->cmd);
62                         perror(" failed");
63                 }
64                 exit(0);
65         }
66         wait(0);
67 }