2wm

dual window manager prototype (minimalist dwm with no tags, just one view)
git clone git://git.suckless.org/2wm
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util.c (1061B)


      1 /* (C)opyright MMVI-MMVII Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam at gmail dot com>
      2  * See LICENSE file for license details.
      3  */
      4 #include "2wm.h"
      5 #include <stdarg.h>
      6 #include <stdio.h>
      7 #include <stdlib.h>
      8 #include <sys/wait.h>
      9 #include <unistd.h>
     10 
     11 /* extern */
     12 
     13 void *
     14 emallocz(unsigned int size) {
     15 	void *res = calloc(1, size);
     16 
     17 	if(!res)
     18 		eprint("fatal: could not malloc() %u bytes\n", size);
     19 	return res;
     20 }
     21 
     22 void
     23 eprint(const char *errstr, ...) {
     24 	va_list ap;
     25 
     26 	va_start(ap, errstr);
     27 	vfprintf(stderr, errstr, ap);
     28 	va_end(ap);
     29 	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     30 }
     31 
     32 void
     33 spawn(Arg *arg) {
     34 	static char *shell = NULL;
     35 
     36 	if(!shell && !(shell = getenv("SHELL")))
     37 		shell = "/bin/sh";
     38 	if(!arg->cmd)
     39 		return;
     40 	/* The double-fork construct avoids zombie processes and keeps the code
     41 	 * clean from stupid signal handlers. */
     42 	if(fork() == 0) {
     43 		if(fork() == 0) {
     44 			if(dpy)
     45 				close(ConnectionNumber(dpy));
     46 			setsid();
     47 			execl(shell, shell, "-c", arg->cmd, (char *)NULL);
     48 			fprintf(stderr, "2wm: execl '%s -c %s'", shell, arg->cmd);
     49 			perror(" failed");
     50 		}
     51 		exit(0);
     52 	}
     53 	wait(0);
     54 }