/* * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- * "THE BEER-WARE LICENSE" (Revision 42): * wrote this file. As long as you retain this notice you * can do whatever you want with this stuff. If we meet some day, and you think * this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in return. Poul-Henning Kamp * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * $Id: exec.c,v 1.4 1994/10/26 05:40:59 phk Exp $ * */ #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include "sysinstall.h" int exec(int magic, char *cmd, char *args, ...) { int pid, w, status; char *argv[EXEC_MAXARG]; int arg = 0; va_list ap; struct stat dummy; if (stat(cmd, &dummy) == -1) { sprintf(errmsg, "Executable %s does not exist\n", cmd); return(-1); } va_start(ap, args); argv[arg++] = (char *)args; do { if (arg >= EXEC_MAXARG) Fatal("Too many arguments"); } while ((argv[arg++] = va_arg(ap, char *))); va_end(ap); if ((pid = fork()) == 0) { switch (magic) { case 0: close(0); dup(debug_fd); close(1); dup(debug_fd); close(2); dup(debug_fd); close(debug_fd); break; case 1: close(2); dup(debug_fd); close(debug_fd); break; case 2: close(debug_fd); default: break; } execv(cmd, argv); exit(1); } while ((w = wait(&status)) != pid && w != -1) ; if (w == -1) Fatal("Child process %s terminated abnormally\n", cmd); return(status); }