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system-programming/chp5/system.c
Fabio Scotto di Santolo 2bea38d7fc Chapter 5 - Process Management
2025-07-01 16:33:16 +02:00

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#include <stdio.h>
#define _XOPEN_SOURCE
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
/* my_system - synchronously spawns and waits for the command
* "/bin/sh -c <cmd>".
*
* Returns -1 on error of any sort, or the exit code from the
* launched process. Does not block or ignore any signals.
*/
int my_system(const char *);
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
if (argc < 2) {
fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s <command>", argv[0]);
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
const char *command = argv[1];
pid_t pid = fork();
if (pid == -1) {
perror("fork");
return EXIT_FAILURE;
} else if (pid > 0) {
int ret = my_system(command);
if (ret == -1) {
fprintf(stderr, "command: \"%s\" error", command);
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
return ret;
}
int status;
wait(&status);
return status;
}
int my_system(const char *cmd) {
pid_t pid = fork();
if (pid == -1) {
return -1;
} else if (pid == 0) {
const char *argv[4];
argv[0] = "sh";
argv[1] = "-c";
argv[2] = cmd;
argv[3] = NULL;
execv("/bin/sh", argv);
exit(-1);
}
int status;
if (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) == -1) {
return -1;
} else if (WIFEXITED(status)) {
return WEXITSTATUS(status);
}
return -1;
}