use switch for fork()

save two local variables and improve readability by a bit
xkbcommon
Alessandro Mauri 5 years ago
parent 45c52ecf20
commit 922090060f
  1. 19
      macrod.c

@ -265,7 +265,6 @@ int pressBufferRemove (struct pressed_buffer *pb, unsigned short key)
return 0;
}
}
return 1;
}
@ -283,14 +282,18 @@ void die (void)
void execCommand (const char *path)
{
pid_t child_pid = fork();
if (child_pid == -1) die();
// TODO: communication between parent and child about process status/errors/etc
if (!child_pid) {
switch (fork()) {
case -1:
fprintf(stderr, "Could not fork: %s", strerror(errno));
break;
case 0:
/* we are the child */
int ret = 0;
ret = execl(path, path, (char *) NULL);
if (ret != 0)
if(execl(path, path, (char *) NULL) != 0)
/* execl only returns if an error occured, so we exit
* otherwise we duplicate the process */
exit(-1);
/* we shouldn't be here */
break;
}
// TODO: communication between parent and child about process status/errors/etc
}

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