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+/***************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (C) 2004-2007 by Georgy Yunaev, [email protected] *
+ * Please do not use email address above for bug reports; see *
+ * the README file *
+ * *
+ * 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 of the License, 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., *
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+static bool run_process( const QString& command, const QString& filename )
+{
+ QString safefilename = filename;
+ QString preparedcommand = command;
+
+ // To be safe, URL should contain no quotes, apostrofes and \0 symbols
+ safefilename.remove (QRegExp ("['\"\0]"));
+ preparedcommand.replace( "%s", safefilename );
+
+ // And run an external command with fork()s
+ switch ( fork() )
+ {
+ case -1:
+ return false;
+
+ case 0: // child
+ if ( fork() != 0 )
+ exit(0); // exit immediately - our child is now has init as his parent
+
+ system( preparedcommand.ascii() );
+ exit (0);
+
+ default: // parent
+ break;
+ }
+
+ return true;
+}