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+/* Copyright © 2013, Intel Corporation
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+
+static int
+fork_exec_and_wait (char * const argv[])
+{
+ pid_t pid;
+ int i, status;
+
+ pid = fork ();
+
+ /* Child */
+ if (pid == 0) {
+ execvp (argv[0], argv);
+ fprintf (stderr, "Failed to execute:");
+ for (i = 0; argv[i]; i++) {
+ fprintf (stderr, " %s", argv[i]);
+ }
+ fprintf (stderr, "\n");
+ exit (1);
+ }
+
+ /* Parent */
+ waitpid (pid, &status, 0);
+ if (WIFEXITED (status)) {
+ return (WEXITSTATUS (status));
+ }
+ if (WIFSIGNALED (status)) {
+ fprintf (stderr, "Child terminated by signal %d\n",
+ WTERMSIG (status));
+ }
+ return 1;
+}
+
+int
+execute (int argc, char * const argv[])
+{
+ char **execvp_args;
+ int i;
+
+ execvp_args = malloc((argc + 1) * sizeof(char *));
+ if (execvp_args == NULL) {
+ fprintf (stderr, "Out of memory,\n");
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
+ execvp_args[i] = argv[i];
+ }
+
+ /* execvp needs final NULL */
+ execvp_args[i] = NULL;
+
+ return fork_exec_and_wait (execvp_args);
+}
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+/* Copyright © 2013, Intel Corporation
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef EXECUTE_H
+#define EXECUTE_H
+
+/* Execute the program with arguments as specified.
+ */
+int
+execute (int argc, char * const argv[]);
+
+#endif