therning.org/ magnus

module Main where
 
import Control.Monad
import System.Exit
import System.Posix.IO
import System.Posix.Process
 
executeChild = do
    mapM_ closeFd [stdInput, stdOutput, stdError]
    devnull <- openFd "/dev/null" ReadWrite Nothing defaultFileFlags
    dup devnull; dup devnull
    executeFile "./Child" False [] Nothing
 
main = do
    child <- forkProcess executeChild
    putStrLn "ForkExec: main - forked, going to wait"
    s <- getProcessStatus True True child
    case s of
        Nothing -> -- this shouldn't happen, ever
            print s >>  exitFailure
        Just s -> do
            print s
            case s of
                Exited _ -> putStrLn "Child exited properly, though possibly unsuccessfully"
                Terminated _ -> putStrLn "Terminated!"
                Stopped _ -> putStrLn "Stopped (only SIGSTOP?)"
            exitSuccess
    exitFailure