bang.c 1.13 KB
/* GNU mailutils - a suite of utilities for electronic mail
   Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

   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, or (at your option)
   any later version.

   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
   GNU General Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
   Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */

#include "mail.h"

/*
 * !command
 */

int
mail_bang (int argc, char **argv)
{
  int pid = fork ();
  if (pid == 0)
    {
      free (argv[0]);
      argv[0] = strdup ("/bin/sh");
      execv ("/bin/sh", argv);
      return 1;
    }
  else if (pid > 0)
    {
      while (waitpid(pid, NULL, 0) == -1)
	/* do nothing */;
      return 0;
    }
  return 1;
}