* src/actions.c (spawn): Prepend cmd with exec.

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6460d5e..1acf88e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
+2005-01-15  Shawn Betts  <sabetts@vcn.bc.ca>
+
+	* src/actions.c (spawn): Prepend cmd with exec.
+
 2004-01-15  Bernhard R. Link <brlink@debian.org>
 
 	* actions.c (cmd_focusleft,cmd_focusright,cmd_focusup,cmd_focusdown): show
 	currectframe if movement not possible.
 
-2005-01-15  Shawn Betts  <katia_dilkina@verizon.net>
+2005-01-15  Shawn Betts  <sabetts@vcn.bc.ca>
 
 	* src/frame.c (frame_read): correctly determine if the input
 	starts with "(frame ".
diff --git a/src/actions.c b/src/actions.c
index f80d227..d527782 100644
--- a/src/actions.c
+++ b/src/actions.c
@@ -2372,6 +2372,7 @@ cmd_exec (int interactive, struct cmdarg **args)
 int
 spawn(char *cmd)
 {
+  char *tmp;
   rp_child_info *child;
   int pid;
 
@@ -2389,7 +2390,9 @@ spawn(char *cmd)
 #elif defined (HAVE_SETPGRP)
       setpgrp (0, 0);
 #endif
-      execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", cmd, 0);
+      /* Prepend with exec to avoid excess /bin/sh's. */
+      tmp = xsprintf ("exec %s", cmd);
+      execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", tmp, 0);
       _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }