static bool start_process(pid_t& pid, const char* path,
const char* cwd,
const Args& args)
{
#ifdef _WIN32
#else
int retries = 5;
pid_t tmp;
while ((tmp = fork()) == -1)
{
fprintf(stderr, "Warning: 'fork' failed, errno: %d - ", errno);
if (retries--)
{
fprintf(stderr, "retrying in 1 second...\n");
NdbSleep_SecSleep(1);
continue;
}
fprintf(stderr, "giving up...\n");
return false;
}
if (tmp)
{
pid = tmp;
printf("Started process: %d\n", pid);
return true;
}
assert(tmp == 0);
if (cwd && chdir(cwd) != 0)
{
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to change directory to '%s', errno: %d\n", cwd, errno);
exit(1);
}
// Concatenate arguments
BaseString args_str;
args_str.assign(args.args(), " ");
char **argv = BaseString::argify(path, args_str.c_str());
//printf("name: %s\n", path);
execv(path, argv);
fprintf(stderr, "execv failed, errno: %d\n", errno);
exit(1);
#endif
}
