spawn_async


Description:

public bool spawn_async (string? working_directory, string[] argv, string[]? envp, SpawnFlags _flags, SpawnChildSetupFunc? child_setup, out Pid child_pid) throws SpawnError

See spawn_async_with_pipes for a full description; this function simply calls the spawn_async_with_pipes without any pipes.

You should call close_pid on the returned child process reference when you don't need it any more.

If you are writing a GTK+ application, and the program you are spawning is a graphical application, too, then you may want to use gdk_spawn_on_screen instead to ensure that the spawned program opens its windows on the right screen.

Note that the returned child_pid on Windows is a handle to the child process and not its identifier. Process handles and process identifiers are different concepts on Windows.

Parameters:

working_directory

child's current working directory, or null to inherit parent's

argv

child's argument vector

envp

child's environment, or null to inherit parent's

child_setup

function to run in the child just before exec

child_pid

return location for child process reference, or null

flags

flags from SpawnFlags

user_data

user data for child_setup

Returns:

true on success, false if error is set


Namespace: GLib.Process
Package: glib-2.0