On 2010/05/06 21:51, frederico schardong <frede.sch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm trying to add the popen in a thread (using g_thread_create()) but > it keep frozen my application. So, is popen thread safe? there is > another simple alternative if it isn't? popen() is not thread safe, unless you use the GNU specific option "e" for enabling close-on-exec. But that causes just fd leaks, and is probably unrelated to a possible freeze (unless the sub process drains the fd). Max _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
