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authorDevin Mullins <me@twifkak.com>2008-09-28 01:46:39 +0200
committerDevin Mullins <me@twifkak.com>2008-09-28 01:46:39 +0200
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@@ -340,7 +340,8 @@ io = liftIO
catchIO :: MonadIO m => IO () -> m ()
catchIO f = io (f `catch` \e -> hPrint stderr e >> hFlush stderr)
--- | spawn. Launch an external application
+-- | spawn. Launch an external application. Specifically, it double-forks and
+-- runs the 'String' you pass as a command to /bin/sh.
spawn :: MonadIO m => String -> m ()
spawn x = doubleFork $ executeFile "/bin/sh" False ["-c", x] Nothing