i3/i3bar/include/child.h
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/*
* vim:ts=4:sw=4:expandtab
*
* i3bar - an xcb-based status- and ws-bar for i3
* © 2010-2012 Axel Wagner and contributors (see also: LICENSE)
*
* child.c: Getting Input for the statusline
*
*/
#ifndef CHILD_H_
#define CHILD_H_
#define STDIN_CHUNK_SIZE 1024
typedef struct {
pid_t pid;
/**
* The version number is an uint32_t to avoid machines with different sizes of
* 'int' to allow different values here. Its highly unlikely we ever exceed
* even an int8_t, but still…
*/
uint32_t version;
} i3bar_child;
/*
* Start a child-process with the specified command and reroute stdin.
* We actually start a $SHELL to execute the command so we don't have to care
* about arguments and such
*
*/
void start_child(char *command);
/*
* kill()s the child-process (if any). Called when exit()ing.
*
*/
void kill_child_at_exit(void);
/*
* kill()s the child-process (if any) and closes and
* free()s the stdin- and sigchild-watchers
*
*/
void kill_child(void);
/*
* Sends a SIGSTOP to the child-process (if existent)
*
*/
void stop_child(void);
/*
* Sends a SIGCONT to the child-process (if existent)
*
*/
void cont_child(void);
#endif