codecrafters submit [skip ci]

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/executor.zig b/src/executor.zig
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+const std = @import("std");
+
+pub fn runExternalProgram(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, program_path: []const u8, argv: []const []const u8) !void {
+    const argv_z = try allocator.allocSentinel(?[*:0]const u8, argv.len, null);
+    defer allocator.free(argv_z);
+
+    for (argv, 0..) |arg, i| {
+        argv_z[i] = (try allocator.dupeZ(u8, arg)).ptr;
+    }
+    defer {
+        for (argv_z[0..argv.len]) |arg_ptr| {
+            if (arg_ptr) |ptr| allocator.free(std.mem.span(ptr));
+        }
+    }
+
+    const program_path_z = try allocator.dupeZ(u8, program_path);
+    defer allocator.free(program_path_z);
+
+    const pid = try std.posix.fork();
+
+    if (pid == 0) {
+        _ = std.posix.execveZ(program_path_z, argv_z, std.c.environ) catch {
+            std.posix.exit(1);
+        };
+        unreachable;
+    } else {
+        _ = std.posix.waitpid(pid, 0);
+    }
+}