/* This file is part of Raul. * Copyright (C) 2007-2009 Dave Robillard * * Raul is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the * terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software * Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later * version. * * Raul is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., * 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA */ #ifndef RAUL_PROCESS_HPP #define RAUL_PROCESS_HPP #include #include #include #include #include #include namespace Raul { /** A child process. * * \ingroup raul */ class Process : boost::noncopyable { public: /** Launch a sub process. * * @param command can be a typical shell command with parameters, the PATH is searched etc. */ static bool launch(const std::string& command) { const std::string executable = (command.find(" ") != std::string::npos) ? command.substr(0, command.find(" ")) : command; const std::string arguments = command.substr((command.find(" ") + 1)); std::cerr << "Launching child process '" << executable << "' with arguments '" << arguments << "'" << std::endl; // Use the same double fork() trick as JACK to prevent zombie children const int err = fork(); if (err == 0) { // (child) // close all nonstandard file descriptors struct rlimit max_fds; getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &max_fds); for (rlim_t fd = 3; fd < max_fds.rlim_cur; ++fd) close(fd); switch (fork()) { case 0: // (grandchild) setsid(); execlp(executable.c_str(), arguments.c_str(), NULL); _exit(-1); case -1: // (second) fork failed, there is no grandchild _exit (-1); /* exit the child process here */ default: _exit (0); } } return (err > 0); } private: Process() {} }; } // namespace Raul #endif // RAUL_PROCESS_HPP