/* * (c) copyright 1987 by the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. * See the copyright notice in the ACK home directory, in the file "Copyright". */ /* $Id$ */ #include #include #include #include #define FAIL 127 static const char* exec_tab[] = { "sh", /* argv[0] */ "-c", /* argument to the shell */ NULL, /* to be filled with user command */ NULL /* terminating NULL */ }; int system(const char* str) { int pid, exitstatus, waitval; int i; if ((pid = fork()) < 0) return str ? -1 : 0; if (pid == 0) { for (i = 3; i <= 20; i++) close(i); if (!str) str = "cd ."; /* just testing for a shell */ exec_tab[2] = str; /* fill in command */ execve("/bin/sh", (char* const*)exec_tab, (char* const*)environ); /* get here if execve fails ... */ _exit(FAIL); /* see manual page */ } while ((waitval = wait(&exitstatus)) != pid) { if (waitval == -1) break; } if (waitval == -1) { /* no child ??? or maybe interrupted ??? */ exitstatus = -1; } if (!str) { if (exitstatus == FAIL << 8) /* execve() failed */ exitstatus = 0; else exitstatus = 1; /* /bin/sh exists */ } return exitstatus; }