From b094002c5bbf5d68eb187c5ac2dca7000a62ba9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dec05eba <dec05eba@protonmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2024 01:23:48 +0200
Subject: Run gpu screen recorder as a child process, show notification on
 start/stop

---
 src/Process.cpp | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

(limited to 'src/Process.cpp')

diff --git a/src/Process.cpp b/src/Process.cpp
index cccb889..a1e1e6c 100644
--- a/src/Process.cpp
+++ b/src/Process.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,24 @@ namespace gsr {
         return true;
     }
 
+    pid_t exec_program(const char **args) {
+        /* 1 argument */
+        if(args[0] == nullptr)
+            return -1;
+
+        pid_t pid = vfork();
+        if(pid == -1) {
+            perror("Failed to vfork");
+            return -1;
+        } else if(pid == 0) { /* child */
+            execvp(args[0], (char* const*)args);
+            perror("execvp");
+            _exit(127);
+        } else { /* parent */
+            return pid;
+        }
+    }
+
     static bool is_number(const char *str) {
         while(*str) {
             char c = *str;
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