- if (pipe(pipe_feed) < 0) {
- error("cannot create pipe to run external filter %s", cmd);
- return 1;
- }
-
- child_process.pid = fork();
- if (child_process.pid < 0) {
- error("cannot fork to run external filter %s", cmd);
- close(pipe_feed[0]);
- close(pipe_feed[1]);
- return 1;
- }
- if (!child_process.pid) {
- dup2(pipe_feed[0], 0);
- close(pipe_feed[0]);
- close(pipe_feed[1]);
- execlp("sh", "sh", "-c", cmd, NULL);
- return 1;
- }
- close(pipe_feed[0]);
+ if (start_command(&child_process))
+ return error("cannot fork to run external filter %s", params->cmd);