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Diffstat (limited to 'mailutils/mail.c')
-rw-r--r-- | mailutils/mail.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/mailutils/mail.c b/mailutils/mail.c index 66c79471f..f5260d9db 100644 --- a/mailutils/mail.c +++ b/mailutils/mail.c @@ -57,10 +57,13 @@ void FAST_FUNC launch_helper(const char **argv) G.helper_pid = xvfork(); i = (!G.helper_pid) * 2; // for parent:0, for child:2 - close(pipes[i + 1]); // 1 or 3 - closing one write end - close(pipes[2 - i]); // 2 or 0 - closing one read end - xmove_fd(pipes[i], STDIN_FILENO); // 0 or 2 - using other read end - xmove_fd(pipes[3 - i], STDOUT_FILENO); // 3 or 1 - other write end + close(pipes[i + 1]); // 1 or 3 - closing one write end + close(pipes[2 - i]); // 2 or 0 - closing one read end + xmove_fd(pipes[i], STDIN_FILENO); // 0 or 2 - using other read end + xmove_fd(pipes[3 - i], STDOUT_FILENO); // 3 or 1 - using other write end + // End result: + // parent stdout [3] -> child stdin [2] + // child stdout [1] -> parent stdin [0] if (!G.helper_pid) { // child: try to execute connection helper |