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// This file is part of river, a dynamic tiling wayland compositor.
//
// Copyright 2020 The River Developers
//
// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
// the Free Software Foundation, version 3.
//
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
// GNU General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
// along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
const std = @import("std");
const c = std.c;
const util = @import("../util.zig");
const process = @import("../process.zig");
const Error = @import("../command.zig").Error;
const Seat = @import("../Seat.zig");
/// Spawn a program.
pub fn spawn(
_: *Seat,
args: []const [:0]const u8,
out: *?[]const u8,
) Error!void {
if (args.len < 2) return Error.NotEnoughArguments;
if (args.len > 2) return Error.TooManyArguments;
const child_args = [_:null]?[*:0]const u8{ "/bin/sh", "-c", args[1], null };
const pid: c.pid_t = blk: {
const rc = c.fork();
if (c.errno(rc) != .SUCCESS) {
out.* = try std.fmt.allocPrint(util.gpa, "fork/execve failed", .{});
return Error.Other;
}
break :blk @intCast(rc);
};
if (pid == 0) {
process.cleanupChild();
const pid2: c.pid_t = blk: {
const rc = c.fork();
if (c.errno(rc) != .SUCCESS) {
c._exit(1);
}
break :blk @intCast(rc);
};
if (pid2 == 0) {
_ = c.execve("/bin/sh", &child_args, c.environ);
c._exit(1); // only reachable if execve fails
}
c._exit(0);
}
// Wait the intermediate child.
const status: u32 = while (true) {
var status: c_int = 0;
switch (c.errno(c.waitpid(pid, &status, 0))) {
.SUCCESS => break @bitCast(status),
.INTR => continue,
else => return Error.Unexpected, // should never happen, but don't trust the kernel
}
};
if (!c.W.IFEXITED(status) or
(c.W.IFEXITED(status) and c.W.EXITSTATUS(status) != 0))
{
out.* = try std.fmt.allocPrint(util.gpa, "fork/execve failed", .{});
return Error.Other;
}
}