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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                                                       *
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 *   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     *
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 *   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         *
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 *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,                                       *
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 ***************************************************************************/

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>

static bool run_process( const TQString& command, const TQString& filename )
{
	TQString safefilename = filename;
	TQString preparedcommand = command;
	
	// To be safe, URL should contain no quotes, apostrofes and \0 symbols
	safefilename.remove (TQRegExp ("['\"\0]"));
	preparedcommand.tqreplace( "%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 tqparent
				
		system( preparedcommand.ascii() );
		exit (0);
				
	default: // tqparent
		break;
	}
	
	return true;
}