From 499b1620c15830f06ae7aaf24183e4407e21770e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marius Nita Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 09:51:53 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] added code that makes sure apps executed by epist don't die when epist is killed. --- util/epist/screen.cc | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/util/epist/screen.cc b/util/epist/screen.cc index 0220a949..5711d551 100644 --- a/util/epist/screen.cc +++ b/util/epist/screen.cc @@ -568,6 +568,12 @@ void screen::updateActiveWindow() { void screen::execCommand(const string &cmd) const { pid_t pid; if ((pid = fork()) == 0) { + // disconnect the child from epist's session and the tty + if (setsid() == -1) { + cout << "warning: could not start a new process group\n"; + perror("setsid"); + } + // make the command run on the correct screen if (putenv(const_cast(_info->displayString().c_str()))) { cout << "warning: couldn't set environment variable 'DISPLAY'\n"; -- 2.45.2