source: trunk/minix/commands/i386/mtools-3.9.7/precmd.c@ 15

/*
 * Do filename expansion with the shell.
 */

#define EXPAND_BUF      2048

#include "sysincludes.h"
#include "mtools.h"

void precmd(struct device *dev)
{
        int status;
        pid_t pid;

        if(!dev || !dev->precmd)
                return;
        
        switch((pid=fork())){
                case -1:
                        perror("Could not fork");
                        exit(1);
                        break;
                case 0: /* the son */
                        execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", dev->precmd, 0);
                        break;
                default:
                        wait(&status);
                        break;
        }
}