From 7982c98be4180c17c90e656bbf1f61e94ceaad69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lukas Fleischer <calcurse@cryptocrack.de>
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 16:40:54 +0200
Subject: Add shell_exec() function
Can be used to execute an external program in a shell.
Signed-off-by: Lukas Fleischer <calcurse@cryptocrack.de>
---
src/calcurse.h | 1 +
src/utils.c | 8 ++++++++
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
(limited to 'src')
diff --git a/src/calcurse.h b/src/calcurse.h
index dec14c4..14becbd 100644
--- a/src/calcurse.h
+++ b/src/calcurse.h
@@ -880,6 +880,7 @@ void str_toupper (char *);
void file_close (FILE *, const char *);
void psleep (unsigned);
int fork_exec (int *, int *, const char *, char *const *);
+int shell_exec (int *, int *, char *);
int child_wait (int *, int *, int);
/* vars.c */
diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index 75e702b..5f19db0 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -791,6 +791,14 @@ fork_exec (int *pfdin, int *pfdout, const char *path, char *const *arg)
return pid;
}
+/* Execute an external program in a shell. */
+int
+shell_exec (int *pfdin, int *pfdout, char *cmd)
+{
+ char *arg[] = { "/bin/sh", "-c", cmd, NULL };
+ return fork_exec (pfdin, pfdout, *arg, arg);
+}
+
/* Wait for a child process to terminate. */
int
child_wait (int *pfdin, int *pfdout, int pid)
--
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