Function procm_fork_exec

• Defined in File procm.h

Function Documentation

pid_t procm_fork_exec(char **const cmd, const char *new_wd, bool_t stdout_sup, int *pipefd)

Wrapper for fork()/exec() functonality.

Parameters:

• cmd – The cmd to run exec() on

• new_wd – The new working directory of the fork()ed process, or NULL if no change is desired.

• stdout_sup – If true, then the stdout of the child process will be sent to /dev/null.

• pipefd – If not NULL, the child will read data from the parent’s stdin.

Returns:

The pid of the child in the parent, nothing in the child.