kchmviewer/src/kqrunprocess.h

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#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>

static bool run_process( const TQString& command, const TQString& filename )
{
	TQString safefilename = filename;
	TQString preparedcommand = command;
	
	// To be safe, URL should contain no quotes, apostrofes and \0 symbols
	safefilename.remove (TQRegExp ("['\"\0]"));
	preparedcommand.replace( "%s", safefilename );

	// And run an external command with fork()s
	switch ( fork() )
	{
	case -1:
		return false;
				
	case 0: // child
		if ( fork() != 0 )
			exit(0); // exit immediately - our child is now has init as his parent
				
		system( preparedcommand.ascii() );
		exit (0);
				
	default: // parent
		break;
	}
	
	return true;
}