From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 23:35:41 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: added fork functionality to get rid of annoying command line mess
X-Git-Url: https://git.toastfreeware.priv.at/gregoa/bti.git/commitdiff_plain/e2ffc5452db0aa2623719c23cc8f7caac2b75c0f

added fork functionality to get rid of annoying command line mess
---

diff --git a/bti.c b/bti.c
index a1eb454..039d20f 100644
--- 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: