child_process.c

#include "simple_shell.h"

/**
 * create_child - creates a sub process.
 * @command: The pointer to tokenized command
 * @name: The pointer to the name of shell.
 * @env: The pointer to the enviromental variables.
 * @cicles: Number of executed cicles.
 * 
 * Return: Nothing.
 */

void create_child(char **command, char *name, char **env, int cicles)
{
        int pid = 0;
        int status = 0;
        int wait_error = 0;

        pid = fork();
        if (pid < 0)
        {
                perror("Error: ");
                free_exit(command);
        }
        else if (pid == 0)
        {
                execute(command, name, env, cicles);
                free_dp(command);
        }
        else
        {
                wait_error = waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
                if (wait_error < 0)
                {
                        free_exit(command);
                }
                free_dp(command);
        }
}
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
/**
  * change_dir - changes working directory.
  * @path: The new current working directory.
  * 
  * Return: 0 on success, -1 on failure.
  */

int change_dir(const char *path)
{
        char *buf = NULL;
        size_t size = 1024;

        if (path == NULL)
                path = getcwd(buf, size);
        if (chdir(path) == -1)
        {
                perror(path);
                return (98);
        }
        return (1);
}