[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] using execl

[From: Brad Burleson]

I'm probably doing something stupid, but I'm trying to write a home plug-in
that executes a shell script (which, in turn, will eventually launch some
application).  I hacked the code from one of the nokia 'hello-world-app'
programs and except for struggling with the gnu build tools (and my own
ignorance) things are going well.

My code looks like this:

  execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", "pplay", (char *)0);

When I do this within a callback, as soon as the button is clicked the
screen turns white and the script - and application - runs, but the UI is
broken - hard to explain, but it's not drawn completely and the only
function that seems to work is to close the program.  At which point, the
770 reboots.

(my feeble mind says it must be related to the [l]eave part of execl())

Any tips on how to execute a shell script (or any binary) from a maemo
application?

Thanks,

Brad.
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