slstatus/components/run_command.c

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/* See LICENSE file for copyright and license details. */
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include "../util.h"
const char *
run_command(const char *cmd)
{
char *p;
FILE *fp;
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if (!(fp = popen(cmd, "r"))) {
fprintf(stderr, "popen '%s': %s\n", cmd, strerror(errno));
return NULL;
}
p = fgets(buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, fp);
pclose(fp);
if (!p)
return NULL;
if ((p = strrchr(buf, '\n')) != NULL)
p[0] = '\0';
return buf[0] ? buf : NULL;
}