removed code (not necessary anymore)

[wxWidgets.git] / include / wx / utils.h

diff --git a/include/wx/utils.h b/include/wx/utils.h
index fd8f12f022be214a9c6321db27d39822f9a39d35..f8c883eb08ec6aa3d5936afc7474b919c664c427 100644 (file)
--- a/include/wx/utils.h
+++ b/include/wx/utils.h
@@ -148,17 +148,42 @@ WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxDecToHex(int dec);
 // Process management
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-// Execute another program. Returns 0 if there was an error, a PID otherwise.
-WXDLLEXPORT long wxExecute(wxChar **argv, bool sync = FALSE,
+// NB: for backwars compatibility reasons the values of wxEXEC_[A]SYNC *must*
+//     be 0 and 1, don't change!
+
+enum
+{
+    // execute the process asynchronously
+    wxEXEC_ASYNC    = 0,
+
+    // execute it synchronously, i.e. wait until it finishes
+    wxEXEC_SYNC     = 1,
+
+    // under Windows, don't hide the child even if it's IO is redirected (this
+    // is done by default)
+    wxEXEC_NOHIDE   = 2,
+
+    // under Unix, if the process is the group leader then killing -pid kills
+    // all children as well as pid
+    wxEXEC_MAKE_GROUP_LEADER = 4
+};
+
+// Execute another program.
+//
+// If flags contain wxEXEC_SYNC, return -1 on failure and the exit code of the
+// process if everything was ok. Otherwise (i.e. if wxEXEC_ASYNC), return 0 on
+// failure and the PID of the launched process if ok.
+WXDLLEXPORT long wxExecute(wxChar **argv, int flags = wxEXEC_ASYNC,
                            wxProcess *process = (wxProcess *) NULL);
-WXDLLEXPORT long wxExecute(const wxString& command, bool sync = FALSE,
+WXDLLEXPORT long wxExecute(const wxString& command, int flags = wxEXEC_ASYNC,
                            wxProcess *process = (wxProcess *) NULL);
 
-// execute the command capturing its output into an array line by line
+// execute the command capturing its output into an array line by line, this is
+// always synchronous
 WXDLLEXPORT long wxExecute(const wxString& command,
                            wxArrayString& output);
 
-// also capture stderr
+// also capture stderr (also synchronous)
 WXDLLEXPORT long wxExecute(const wxString& command,
                            wxArrayString& output,
                            wxArrayString& error);
@@ -441,6 +466,8 @@ void WXDLLEXPORT wxGetMousePosition( int* x, int* y );
 // Error message functions used by wxWindows (deprecated, use wxLog)
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+#if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
+
 // Format a message on the standard error (UNIX) or the debugging
 // stream (Windows)
 WXDLLEXPORT void wxDebugMsg(const wxChar *fmt ...);
@@ -453,6 +480,7 @@ WXDLLEXPORT void wxError(const wxString& msg, const wxString& title = wxInternal
 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern const wxChar*) wxFatalErrorStr;
 WXDLLEXPORT void wxFatalError(const wxString& msg, const wxString& title = wxFatalErrorStr);
 
+#endif // WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
 
 #endif
     // _WX_UTILSH__