#include <stdio.h> #include <unistd.h> #define MAX_LINE 80 void setup(char inputBuffer[], char *args[],int *background) { int length, i, start, ct; ct = 0; length = read(STDIN_FILENO, inputBuffer, MAX_LINE); start = -1; if (length == 0) exit(0); if (length < 0){ perror("error reading the command"); exit(-1); } for (i=0;i<length;i++) { switch (inputBuffer[i]) { case ' ': case '\t' : if(start != -1) { args[ct] = &inputBuffer[start]; ct++; } inputBuffer[i] = '\0'; start = -1; break; case '\n': if (start != -1) { args[ct] = &inputBuffer[start]; ct++; } inputBuffer[i] = '\0'; args[ct] = NULL; break; default : if (start == -1) start = i; if (inputBuffer[i] == '&') { *background = 1; inputBuffer[i] = '\0'; } } } args[ct] = NULL; / } int main(void) { char inputBuffer[MAX_LINE]; int background; char *args[MAX_LINE/2+1]; while (1) { background = 0; printf("COMMAND->\n"); setup(inputBuffer,args,&background); pid_t pid; pid = fork(); if (pid < 0) { fprintf(stderr, "Fork Failed"); exit(-1); } else if (pid == 0) { execvp(args[0], args); } else if (background == 1) wait(NULL); } }
