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diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index 99842e9..435069f 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "util.h"
void
error(char *errstr, ...) {
@@ -75,3 +80,21 @@ swap(void **p1, void **p2)
*p1 = *p2;
*p2 = tmp;
}
+
+void
+spawn(Display *dpy, const char *shell, const char *cmd)
+{
+ if(!cmd || !shell)
+ return;
+ if(fork() == 0) {
+ if(fork() == 0) {
+ if(dpy)
+ close(ConnectionNumber(dpy));
+ execl(shell, shell, "-c", cmd, (const char *)0);
+ fprintf(stderr, "gridwm: execl %s", shell);
+ perror(" failed");
+ }
+ exit (0);
+ }
+ wait(0);
+}