- // These lines close the open file descriptors to to avoid any
- // input/output which might block the process or irritate the user. If
- // one wants proper IO for the subprocess, the right thing to do is to
- // start an xterm executing it.
- if ( !(flags & wxEXEC_SYNC) )
- {
- // FD_SETSIZE is unsigned under BSD, signed under other platforms
- // so we need a cast to avoid warnings on all platforms
- for ( int fd = 0; fd < (int)FD_SETSIZE; fd++ )
- {
- if ( fd == pipeIn[wxPipe::Read]
- || fd == pipeOut[wxPipe::Write]
- || fd == pipeErr[wxPipe::Write]
- || traits->IsWriteFDOfEndProcessPipe(execData, fd) )
- {
- // don't close this one, we still need it
- continue;
- }
-
- // leave stderr opened too, it won't do any harm
- if ( fd != STDERR_FILENO )
- close(fd);
- }
- }
+ // NB: we used to close all the unused descriptors of the child here
+ // but this broke some programs which relied on e.g. FD 1 being
+ // always opened so don't do it any more, after all there doesn't
+ // seem to be any real problem with keeping them opened