tadded double forking to avoid zombie children - wendy - watch files/directories and run commands on any event
HTML git clone git://z3bra.org/wendy
DIR Log
DIR Files
DIR Refs
DIR README
DIR LICENSE
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DIR commit 914fb4ad0fa9e4e14541ccd0baf749c582e6227a
DIR parent d23d7988ed57234856fc6c8633582bf147a743e0
HTML Author: z3bra <willy@mailoo.org>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2015 00:12:09 +0200
added double forking to avoid zombie children
Diffstat:
M wendy.c | 11 +++++++++--
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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DIR diff --git a/wendy.c b/wendy.c
t@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
#include <linux/limits.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/inotify.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
/* definitions, defaults, bla bla blah */
#define EVENT_SIZE (sizeof(struct inotify_event))
t@@ -252,8 +253,14 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
* Me neither. Just trust the if().
*/
if (cmd) {
- /* OMG a new event ! Quick, raise an alert ! */
- if (!fork()) { execvpe(cmd[0], cmd, environ); }
+ /*
+ * OMG a new event! raise an alert!
+ * Also, double-forking.
+ */
+ if (!fork())
+ if (!fork()) execvpe(cmd[0], cmd, environ);
+ else exit(0);
+ else wait(NULL);
}
/* jump to the next one */