[Qt-interest] Qt4 & fork()

[Miguel Cardenas]

Hello list

I need to launch a console application from a program but don't know if
fork() is compatible with Qt...

My idea is to do something like this:

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#define NULL 0
int pid;

pid = fork();

if ( pid==-1 ) { // parent
   /* error, fork() failed */
} else if ( pid>0 ) { // parent
   /* fork() success */
} else if ( pid==0 ) { // child
   /* fork() success, now launch kde console */
   execlp("konsole",NULL);
}
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If it is possible then my doubts are:

1) The child process inherits and creates a duplicate Qt application (i.e.
the MainWindow or whole app.)?

2) If not (to first question) would fork() cause unpredictable results to
parent and/or child process?

Thanks for your help


-- 
Miguel Cardenas
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