procrun.c   [plain text]

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#pragma prototyped
/*
 * Glenn Fowler
 * AT&T Research
 *
 * coshell procrun(3)
 */

#include "colib.h"

#include <proc.h>

int
coprocrun(const char* path, char** argv, int flags)
{
	register char*		s;
	register char**		a;
	register Sfio_t*	tmp;
	int			n;

	if (!(a = argv))
		return procclose(procopen(path, a, NiL, NiL, PROC_FOREGROUND|PROC_GID|PROC_UID|flags));
	if (!(tmp = sfstropen()))
		return -1;
	sfputr(tmp, path ? path : "sh", -1);
	while (s = *++a)
	{
		sfputr(tmp, " '", -1);
		coquote(tmp, s, 0);
		sfputc(tmp, '\'');
	}
	if (!(s = costash(tmp)))
		return -1;
	n = cosystem(s);
	sfstrclose(tmp);
	return n;
}