execute.c

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/*
 *  $Id: execute.c,v 1.3 2005/12/16 16:02:29 ghost666 Exp $
 *
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 *  Copyright (C) 2005 Piotr 'GhosT' Wydrych
 *
 *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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 */

#include "execute.h"

void *execute_thread(void *parameters)
{
 FILE *p;

 if ((p = popen((char *)parameters, "w")) != NULL)
  pclose(p);
 free(parameters);
 return NULL;
}

void execute(char *command)
{
 pthread_t execute_thr;
 char *command_copy = (char *)malloc(strlen(command)+1);
 
 strcpy(command_copy, command);
 pthread_create(&execute_thr, NULL, execute_thread, (void *)command_copy);
}

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