// Created: 04/01/98
// RCS-ID: $Id$
// Copyright: (c) 1998-2002 wxWindows dev team
-// Licence: wxWindows license
+// Licence: wxWindows licence
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// ============================================================================
{
wxCHECK_MSG( !!cmd, 0, wxT("empty command in wxExecute") );
+#if wxUSE_THREADS
+ // for many reasons, the code below breaks down if it's called from another
+ // thread -- this could be fixed, but as Unix versions don't support this
+ // neither I don't want to waste time on this now
+ wxASSERT_MSG( wxThread::IsMain(),
+ _T("wxExecute() can be called only from the main thread") );
+#endif // wxUSE_THREADS
+
wxString command;
#if wxUSE_IPC