Process.cpp

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// -*- C++ -*-
#include <coil/Process.h>

namespace coil
{

  int launch_shell(std::string command)
  {
#ifdef UNICODE
        // std::string -> LPTSTR
    std::wstring wcommand = string2wstring(command);
    LPTSTR lpcommand = new TCHAR[wcommand.size() + 1];
    _tcscpy(lpcommand, wcommand.c_str());
#else
        // std::string -> LPTSTR
    LPTSTR lpcommand = new TCHAR[command.size() + 1];
    _tcscpy(lpcommand, command.c_str());
#endif // UNICODE

    STARTUPINFO si;
    ZeroMemory( &si, sizeof(si) );
    si.cb = sizeof(si);

    PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
    ZeroMemory( &pi, sizeof(pi) );

    if(!CreateProcess(NULL, lpcommand, NULL, NULL, FALSE, 0,
                      NULL, NULL, &si, &pi) )
      {
        delete lpcommand;
        return -1;
      }
    CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);
    CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
    delete lpcommand;
    return 0;
  }

  int daemon(int nochdir, int noclose)
  {
    // not implemented
    return 0;
  }
}; // namespace coil