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/*
 * $Header: /cvsroot/wifidog/wifidog/src/firewall.c,v 1.32 2004/04/23
 * 11:37:43 aprilp Exp $
 */
/** @internal
  @file firewall.c
  @brief Firewall update functions
  @author Copyright (C) 2004 Philippe April <papril777@yahoo.com>
 */

#define _GNU_SOURCE

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <syslog.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/unistd.h>

#include <string.h>

#include "util.h"
#include "conf.h"
#include "debug.h"

/** @brief Execute a shell command
 *
 * Fork a child and execute a shell command, the parent
 * process waits for the child to return and returns the child's exit()
 * value.
 * @return Return code of the command
 */
int
execute(char *cmd_line, int quiet)
{
    int pid,
        status,
        rc;

    const char *new_argv[4];
    new_argv[0] = "/bin/sh";
    new_argv[1] = "-c";
    new_argv[2] = cmd_line;
    new_argv[3] = NULL;

    if ((pid = fork()) < 0) {    /* fork a child process           */
        debug(LOG_ERR, "fork(): %s", strerror(errno));
        exit(1);
    } else if (pid == 0) {    /* for the child process:         */
        /* We don't want to see any errors if quiet flag is on */
        if (quiet) close(2);
        if (execvp("/bin/sh", (char *const *)new_argv) < 0) {    /* execute the command  */
            debug(LOG_ERR, "fork(): %s", strerror(errno));
            exit(1);
        }
    } else {        /* for the parent:      */
        do {
            rc = wait(&status);
        } while (rc != pid && rc != -1);    /* wait for completion  */
    }

    return (WEXITSTATUS(status));
}