ack/lang/cem/libcc.ansi/stdlib/system.c

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/*
* (c) copyright 1987 by the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
* See the copyright notice in the ACK home directory, in the file "Copyright".
*/
/* $Header$ */
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <signal.h>
extern int _fork(void);
extern int _wait(int *);
extern void _exit(int);
extern void _execl(char *, ...);
extern void _close(int);
#define FAIL 127
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 */
_execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", str, (char *) NULL);
/* get here if execl 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) /* execl() failed */
exitstatus = 0;
else exitstatus = 1; /* /bin/sh exists */
}
return exitstatus;
}