added fork functionality to get rid of annoying command line mess

diff --git a/bti.c b/bti.c
index a1eb454df87a1c9647ed1bc0cf2337591334a9d9..039d20f4cd1905a24d212819c0cd5bfc95f04a96 100644 (file)
--- a/bti.c
+++ b/bti.c
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[])
                { }
        };
        struct session *session;
+       pid_t child;
        char *tweet;
        int retval;
        int option;
@@ -371,12 +372,20 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[])
        dbg("password = %s\n", session->password);
        dbg("tweet = %s\n", session->tweet);
 
+       /* fork ourself so that the main shell can get on
+        * with it's life as we try to connect and handle everything
+        */
+       child = fork();
+       if (child) {
+               dbg("child is %d\n", child);
+               exit(0);
+       }
+
        retval = send_tweet(session);
        if (retval) {
                fprintf(stderr, "tweet failed\n");
                return -1;
        }
-       //printf("tweet = %s\n", session->tweet);
 
        session_free(session);
 exit: