The previous code already used finish_command() to wait for the process to terminate, but did not use start_command() to run it. Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt@xxxxxxxxxx> --- convert.c | 30 +++++++----------------------- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) diff --git a/convert.c b/convert.c index d77c8eb..6d64994 100644 --- a/convert.c +++ b/convert.c @@ -208,34 +208,18 @@ static int filter_buffer(const char *path, const char *src, * Spawn cmd and feed the buffer contents through its stdin. */ struct child_process child_process; - int pipe_feed[2]; int write_err, status; + const char *argv[] = { "sh", "-c", cmd, NULL }; memset(&child_process, 0, sizeof(child_process)); + child_process.argv = argv; + child_process.in = -1; - if (pipe(pipe_feed) < 0) { - error("cannot create pipe to run external filter %s", cmd); - return 1; - } - - child_process.pid = fork(); - if (child_process.pid < 0) { - error("cannot fork to run external filter %s", cmd); - close(pipe_feed[0]); - close(pipe_feed[1]); - return 1; - } - if (!child_process.pid) { - dup2(pipe_feed[0], 0); - close(pipe_feed[0]); - close(pipe_feed[1]); - execlp("sh", "sh", "-c", cmd, NULL); - return 1; - } - close(pipe_feed[0]); + if (start_command(&child_process)) + return error("cannot fork to run external filter %s", cmd); - write_err = (write_in_full(pipe_feed[1], src, size) < 0); - if (close(pipe_feed[1])) + write_err = (write_in_full(child_process.in, src, size) < 0); + if (close(child_process.in)) write_err = 1; if (write_err) error("cannot feed the input to external filter %s", cmd); -- 1.5.3.3.1134.gee562 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html