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-rw-r--r--src/process.c13
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/process.c b/src/process.c
index acdb5a35..174cc58e 100644
--- a/src/process.c
+++ b/src/process.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ extern regex_t **regList;
int forkCommand(char **args, int *outfd, int *errfd, int *cmdfd, int quiet) {
/* Fork command 'cmd', returning pid, and optionally pointer
* to open file descriptor fd */
- int fdin, fdout, fderr, fdcmd, pid;
+ int fdout, fderr, fdcmd, pid;
int outpipe[2], errpipe[2], fdpipe[2];
int ourpid;
@@ -45,9 +45,13 @@ int forkCommand(char **args, int *outfd, int *errfd, int *cmdfd, int quiet) {
if (!quiet)
fderr=dup(2);
}
- fdcmd = fdpipe[1];
- if (cmdfd)
- *cmdfd = fdpipe[0];
+
+ if (cmdfd) {
+ *cmdfd = fdpipe[0];
+ fdcmd = fdpipe[1];
+ } else {
+ fdcmd = open("/dev/null",O_WRONLY);
+ }
ourpid = getpid();
if ((pid = fork())==-1) {
perror("fork");
@@ -58,7 +62,6 @@ int forkCommand(char **args, int *outfd, int *errfd, int *cmdfd, int quiet) {
* fucks up and we segfault or something, we don't kill rc.sysinit. */
if ( (cmdfd&&!pid) || (pid &&!cmdfd)) {
/* parent */
- close(fdin);
close(fdout);
close(fderr);
close(fdcmd);