+
+void
+pipe_spawn(char *buf, unsigned int len, Display *dpy, const char *cmd)
+{
+ unsigned int l, n;
+ int pfd[2];
+
+ if(!shell && !(shell = getenv("SHELL")))
+ shell = "/bin/sh";
+
+ if(!cmd)
+ return;
+
+ if(pipe(pfd) == -1) {
+ perror("pipe");
+ exit(1);
+ }
+
+ if(fork() == 0) {
+ if(dpy)
+ close(ConnectionNumber(dpy));
+ setsid();
+ dup2(pfd[1], STDOUT_FILENO);
+ close(pfd[0]);
+ close(pfd[1]);
+ execlp(shell, shell, "-c", cmd, NULL);
+ fprintf(stderr, "gridwm: execlp %s", cmd);
+ perror(" failed");
+ }
+ else {
+ n = 0;
+ close(pfd[1]);
+ while(l > n) {
+ if((l = read(pfd[0], buf + n, len - n)) < 1)
+ break;
+ n += l;
+ }
+ close(pfd[0]);
+ buf[n - 1] = 0;
+ }
+ wait(0);
+}