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| -rw-r--r-- | util/epist/screen.cc | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/util/epist/screen.cc b/util/epist/screen.cc index 0220a949..5711d551 100644 --- a/util/epist/screen.cc +++ b/util/epist/screen.cc @@ -568,6 +568,12 @@ void screen::updateActiveWindow() { void screen::execCommand(const string &cmd) const { pid_t pid; if ((pid = fork()) == 0) { + // disconnect the child from epist's session and the tty + if (setsid() == -1) { + cout << "warning: could not start a new process group\n"; + perror("setsid"); + } + // make the command run on the correct screen if (putenv(const_cast<char*>(_info->displayString().c_str()))) { cout << "warning: couldn't set environment variable 'DISPLAY'\n"; |