#include #include #include #include #include int system(const char *cmdstring) /* with appropriate signal handling */ { pid_t pid; int status; struct sigaction ignore, saveintr, savequit; sigset_t chldmask, savemask; if (cmdstring == NULL) return(1); /* always a command processor with Unix */ ignore.sa_handler = SIG_IGN; /* ignore SIGINT and SIGQUIT */ sigemptyset(&ignore.sa_mask); ignore.sa_flags = 0; if (sigaction(SIGINT, &ignore, &saveintr) < 0) return(-1); if (sigaction(SIGQUIT, &ignore, &savequit) < 0) return(-1); sigemptyset(&chldmask); /* now block SIGCHLD */ sigaddset(&chldmask, SIGCHLD); if (sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &chldmask, &savemask) < 0) return(-1); if ( (pid = fork()) < 0) { status = -1; /* probably out of processes */ } else if (pid == 0) { /* child */ /* restore previous signal actions & reset signal mask */ sigaction(SIGINT, &saveintr, NULL); sigaction(SIGQUIT, &savequit, NULL); sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &savemask, NULL); execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", cmdstring, (char *) 0); _exit(127); /* exec error */ } else { /* parent */ while (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) < 0) if (errno != EINTR) { status = -1; /* error other than EINTR from waitpid() */ break; } } /* restore previous signal actions & reset signal mask */ if (sigaction(SIGINT, &saveintr, NULL) < 0) return(-1); if (sigaction(SIGQUIT, &savequit, NULL) < 0) return(-1); if (sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &savemask, NULL) < 0) return(-1); return(status); }