-/*
- * (C)opyright MMVI Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam at gmail dot com>
- * See LICENSE file for license details.
- */
+/* © 2006-2007 Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam at gmail dot com>
+ * © 2006-2007 Sander van Dijk <a dot h dot vandijk at gmail dot com>
+ * See LICENSE file for license details. */
#include "dwm.h"
-
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <unistd.h>
-/* static */
-
-static void
-bad_malloc(unsigned int size)
-{
- fprintf(stderr, "fatal: could not malloc() %d bytes\n",
- (int) size);
- exit(1);
-}
-
/* extern */
void *
-emallocz(unsigned int size)
-{
+emallocz(unsigned int size) {
void *res = calloc(1, size);
+
if(!res)
- bad_malloc(size);
+ eprint("fatal: could not malloc() %u bytes\n", size);
return res;
}
void
eprint(const char *errstr, ...) {
va_list ap;
+
va_start(ap, errstr);
vfprintf(stderr, errstr, ap);
va_end(ap);
- exit(1);
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
void
-spawn(Arg *arg)
-{
- char **argv = (char **)arg->argv;
- if(!argv || !argv[0])
+spawn(const char *arg) {
+ static char *shell = NULL;
+
+ if(!shell && !(shell = getenv("SHELL")))
+ shell = "/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(dpy)
close(ConnectionNumber(dpy));
setsid();
- execvp(argv[0], argv);
- fprintf(stderr, "dwm: execvp %s", argv[0]);
+ execl(shell, shell, "-c", arg, (char *)NULL);
+ fprintf(stderr, "dwm: execl '%s -c %s'", shell, arg);
perror(" failed");
}
- exit (0);
+ exit(0);
}
wait(0);
}