* Rick Sladkey <jrs@world.std.com>
* In the public domain.
*
- * 1999-02-22 Arkadiusz Mi¶kiewicz <misiek@pld.ORG.PL>
+ * 1999-02-22 Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz <misiek@pld.ORG.PL>
* - added Native Language Support
*
* 2001-01-18 John Fremlin <vii@penguinpowered.com>
* - fork in case we are process group leader
*
+ * 2008-08-20 Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>
+ * - if forked, wait on child process and emit its return code.
*/
#include <getopt.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
#include "c.h"
#include "nls.h"
#include "closestream.h"
-static void __attribute__ ((__noreturn__)) usage(FILE * out)
+static void __attribute__((__noreturn__)) usage(void)
{
+ FILE *out = stdout;
fputs(USAGE_HEADER, out);
fprintf(out, _(
" %s [options] <program> [arguments ...]\n"),
program_invocation_short_name);
+ fputs(USAGE_SEPARATOR, out);
+ fputs(_("Run a program in a new session.\n"), out);
+
fputs(USAGE_OPTIONS, out);
- fputs(_(" -c, --ctty set the controlling terminal to the current one\n"),
- out);
+ fputs(_(" -c, --ctty set the controlling terminal to the current one\n"), out);
+ fputs(_(" -f, --fork always fork\n"), out);
+ fputs(_(" -w, --wait wait program to exit, and use the same return\n"), out);
- fputs(USAGE_HELP, out);
- fputs(USAGE_VERSION, out);
+ printf(USAGE_HELP_OPTIONS(16));
- fprintf(out, USAGE_MAN_TAIL("setsid(1)"));
- exit(out == stderr ? EXIT_FAILURE : EXIT_SUCCESS);
+ printf(USAGE_MAN_TAIL("setsid(1)"));
+ exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
- int ch;
+ int ch, forcefork = 0;
int ctty = 0;
+ pid_t pid;
+ int status = 0;
static const struct option longopts[] = {
{"ctty", no_argument, NULL, 'c'},
+ {"fork", no_argument, NULL, 'f'},
+ {"wait", no_argument, NULL, 'w'},
{"version", no_argument, NULL, 'V'},
{"help", no_argument, NULL, 'h'},
{NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
textdomain(PACKAGE);
- atexit(close_stdout);
+ close_stdout_atexit();
- while ((ch = getopt_long(argc, argv, "+Vhc", longopts, NULL)) != -1)
+ while ((ch = getopt_long(argc, argv, "+Vhcfw", longopts, NULL)) != -1)
switch (ch) {
- case 'V':
- printf(UTIL_LINUX_VERSION);
- return EXIT_SUCCESS;
case 'c':
ctty=1;
break;
+ case 'f':
+ forcefork = 1;
+ break;
+ case 'w':
+ status = 1;
+ break;
+
case 'h':
- usage(stdout);
+ usage();
+ case 'V':
+ print_version(EXIT_SUCCESS);
default:
- usage(stderr);
+ errtryhelp(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
- if (argc < 2)
- usage(stderr);
+ if (argc - optind < 1) {
+ warnx(_("no command specified"));
+ errtryhelp(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
- if (getpgrp() == getpid()) {
- switch (fork()) {
+ if (forcefork || getpgrp() == getpid()) {
+ pid = fork();
+ switch (pid) {
case -1:
err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("fork"));
case 0:
break;
default:
/* parent */
- return 0;
+ if (!status)
+ return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+ if (wait(&status) != pid)
+ err(EXIT_FAILURE, "wait");
+ if (WIFEXITED(status))
+ return WEXITSTATUS(status);
+ err(status, _("child %d did not exit normally"), pid);
}
}
if (setsid() < 0)
/* cannot happen */
err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("setsid failed"));
- if (ctty) {
- if (ioctl(STDIN_FILENO, TIOCSCTTY, 1))
- warn(_("failed to set the controlling terminal"));
- }
- execvp(argv[optind], argv + optind + 1);
- err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("execvp failed"));
+ if (ctty && ioctl(STDIN_FILENO, TIOCSCTTY, 1))
+ err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("failed to set the controlling terminal"));
+ execvp(argv[optind], argv + optind);
+ errexec(argv[optind]);
}