cjdns/util/events/Process.h

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 */
#ifndef Process_H
#define Process_H

#include "memory/Allocator.h"
#include "util/Linker.h"
Linker_require("util/events/libuv/Process.c")


/**
 * Spawn a new process.
 *
 * @param binaryPath the path to the file to execute.
 * @param args a list of strings representing the arguments to the command followed by NULL.
 * @param base the event base.
 * @param alloc an allocator. The process to be killed when it is freed.
 * @return 0 if all went well, -1 if forking fails.
 */
int Process_spawn(char* binaryPath, char** args, struct EventBase* base, struct Allocator* alloc);

/**
 * Get the path to the binary of the current process.
 *
 * @param alloc an allocator.
 * @return the binary path to the process or null if there was a failure.
 */
char* Process_getPath(struct Allocator* alloc);

#endif