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diff --git a/library/global.cpp b/library/global.cpp
index d6ba84f..68a3a75 100644
--- a/library/global.cpp
+++ b/library/global.cpp
@@ -44,2 +44,3 @@
#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
@@ -605,14 +606,56 @@ void Global::invoke(const QString &c)
#endif
- {
- if ( !::vfork() ) {
- for ( int fd = 3; fd < 100; fd++ )
- ::close( fd );
- ::setpgid( ::getpid(), ::getppid() );
- // Try bindir first, so that foo/bar works too
- ::execv( qpeDir()+"/bin/"+args[0], (char * const *)args );
- ::execvp( args[0], (char * const *)args );
- _exit( -1 );
- }
+ {
+ bool success = false;
+ int pfd [2];
+ if ( ::pipe ( pfd ) < 0 )
+ pfd [0] = pfd [1] = -1;
+
+ pid_t pid = ::fork ( );
+
+ if ( pid == 0 ) { // child
+ for ( int fd = 3; fd < 100; fd++ ) {
+ if ( fd != pfd [1] )
+ ::close ( fd );
+ }
+ ::setpgid ( ::getpid ( ), ::getppid ( ));
+
+ // Closing of fd[1] indicates that the execvp succeeded!
+ if ( pfd [1] >= 0 )
+ ::fcntl ( pfd [1], F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC );
+
+ // Try bindir first, so that foo/bar works too
+ ::execv ( qpeDir ( ) + "/bin/" + args [0], (char * const *) args );
+ ::execvp ( args [0], (char * const *) args );
+
+ char resultByte = 1;
+ if ( pfd [1] >= 0 )
+ ::write ( pfd [1], &resultByte, 1 );
+ ::_exit ( -1 );
+ }
+ else if ( pid > 0 ) {
+ success = true;
+
+ if ( pfd [1] >= 0 )
+ ::close ( pfd [1] );
+ if ( pfd [0] >= 0 ) {
+ while ( true ) {
+ char resultByte;
+ int n = ::read ( pfd [0], &resultByte, 1 );
+ if ( n == 1 ) {
+ success = false;
+ break;
+ }
+ if (( n == -1 ) && (( errno == ECHILD ) || ( errno == EINTR )))
+ continue;
+
+ break; // success
+ }
+ ::close ( pfd [0] );
+ }
+ }
+ if ( success )
+ StartingAppList::add( list[0] );
+ else
+ QMessageBox::warning( 0, "Error", "Could not start the application " + c, "Ok", 0, 0, 0, 1 );
}
- StartingAppList::add( list[0] );
#endif //QT_NO_QWS_MULTIPROCESS