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i3status-go/spawn.go
2024-04-22 23:04:17 +03:00

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Go

package main
import (
"log"
"os"
"os/exec"
"syscall"
"time"
)
// RunChan to this channel we send command and its argv to execute as separate process.
var RunChan = make(chan []string, 128)
// Spawner forks and execs given program, and also detaches form its control tty.
func Spawner() {
for prg := range RunChan {
devnullR, _ := os.Open(os.DevNull)
devnullW, _ := os.OpenFile(os.DevNull, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND, 0644)
spa := syscall.SysProcAttr{
Setsid: true,
Foreground: false,
}
pa := syscall.ProcAttr{
Dir: os.Getenv(`HOME`),
Env: os.Environ(),
Files: []uintptr{devnullR.Fd(), devnullW.Fd(), devnullW.Fd()},
Sys: &spa,
}
bin, err := exec.LookPath(prg[0])
if err != nil {
log.Printf("Unable to spawn %s: %s", prg[0], err)
}
_, err = syscall.ForkExec(bin, prg, &pa)
if err != nil {
log.Printf("Unable to spawn %s: %s", prg[0], err)
}
// Close file errors we don't handle :) at all.
_ = devnullR.Close()
_ = devnullW.Close()
}
}
// CleanZombies reaps processes spawned by Spawner() and already exited.
func CleanZombies() {
r := syscall.Rusage{}
for {
_, _ = syscall.Wait4(-1, nil, 0, &r)
time.Sleep(1 * time.Minute)
}
}