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/*                              spawn-unix.inc                               */
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/*                Execute other external programs (Unix version)             */
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/* (C) 1999-2002 Ullrich von Bassewitz                                       */
/*               Wacholderweg 14                                             */
/*               D-70597 Stuttgart                                           */
/* EMail:        uz@musoftware.de                                            */
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#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>



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/* Mode argument for spawn. This value is ignored by the function and only
** provided for DOS/Windows compatibility.
*/
#ifndef P_WAIT
#define P_WAIT  0
#endif



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int spawnvp (int Mode attribute ((unused)), const char* File, char* const argv [])
/* Execute the given program searching and wait until it terminates. The Mode
** argument is ignored (compatibility only). The result of the function is
** the return code of the program. The function will terminate the program
** on errors.
*/
{
    int Status = 0;

    /* Fork */
    int pid = fork ();
    if (pid < 0) {

        /* Error forking */
        Error ("Cannot fork: %s", strerror (errno));

    } else if (pid == 0) {

        /* The son - exec the program */
        if (execvp (File, argv) < 0) {
            Error ("Cannot exec '%s': %s", File, strerror (errno));
        }

    } else {

        /* The father: Wait for the subprocess to terminate */
        if (waitpid (pid, &Status, 0) < 0) {
            Error ("Failure waiting for subprocess: %s", strerror (errno));
        }

        /* Examine the child status */
        if (!WIFEXITED (Status)) {
            Error ("Subprocess '%s' aborted by signal %d", File, WTERMSIG (Status));
        }
    }

    /* Only the father goes here, we place a return here regardless of that
    ** to avoid compiler warnings.
    */
    return WEXITSTATUS (Status);
}