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/* Base code taken from http://www-h.eng.cam.ac.uk/help/tpl/unix/fork.html
 * Fix for redhat suggested by Ptere Pramberger, peter@pramberger.at */
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <signal.h>
void popen_sigchld_handler(int);
int childtermd;

int main() {
	char str[1024];
	int pipefd[2];
	pid_t pid;
	int status, died;

	if (signal(SIGCHLD, popen_sigchld_handler) == SIG_ERR) {
		printf("Cannot catch SIGCHLD\n");
		_exit(-1);
	}

	pipe(pipefd);
	switch (pid = fork()) {
	case -1:
		printf("can't fork\n");
		_exit(-1);

	case 0:       /* this is the code the child runs */
		close(1); /* close stdout */
		/* pipefd[1] is for writing to the pipe. We want the output
		 * that used to go to the standard output (file descriptor 1)
		 * to be written to the pipe. The following command does this,
		 * creating a new file descriptor 1 (the lowest available)
		 * that writes where pipefd[1] goes. */
		dup(pipefd[1]); /* points pipefd at file descriptor */
		/* the child isn't going to read from the pipe, so
		 * pipefd[0] can be closed */
		close(pipefd[0]);

		/* These are the commands to run, with success commented. dig and nslookup only problems */
		/*execl ("/bin/date","date",0);*/                   /* 100% */
		/*execl ("/bin/cat", "cat", "/etc/hosts", 0);*/     /* 100% */
		/*execl ("/usr/bin/dig", "dig", "redhat.com", 0);*/ /* 69% */
		/*execl("/bin/sleep", "sleep", "1", 0);*/           /* 100% */
		execl("/usr/bin/nslookup", "nslookup", "redhat.com",
			  0); /* 90% (after 100 tests), 40% (after 10 tests) */
		/*execl ("/bin/ping","ping","-c","1","localhost",0);*/     /* 100% */
		/*execl ("/bin/ping","ping","-c","1","192.168.10.32",0);*/ /* 100% */
		_exit(0);

	default: /* this is the code the parent runs */

		close(0); /* close stdin */
		/* Set file descriptor 0 (stdin) to read from the pipe */
		dup(pipefd[0]);
		/* the parent isn't going to write to the pipe */
		close(pipefd[1]);
		/* Now read from the pipe */
		fgets(str, 1023, stdin);
		/*printf("1st line output is %s\n", str);*/

		/*while (!childtermd);*/ /* Uncomment this line to fix */

		died = wait(&status);
		/*printf("died=%d status=%d\n", died, status);*/
		if (died > 0) {
			_exit(0);
		} else {
			_exit(1);
		}
	}
}

void popen_sigchld_handler(int signo) {
	if (signo == SIGCHLD) {
		/*printf("Caught sigchld\n");*/
		childtermd = 1;
	}
}