spawnAsync

Executes a child program asynchronously.

See glib.global.spawnAsyncWithPipes for a full description; this function simply calls the glib.global.spawnAsyncWithPipes without any pipes.

You should call glib.global.spawnClosePid on the returned child process reference when you don't need it any more.

If you are writing a GTK application, and the program you are spawning is a graphical application too, then to ensure that the spawned program opens its windows on the right screen, you may want to use #GdkAppLaunchContext, #GAppLaunchContext, or set the DISPLAY environment variable.

Note that the returned child_pid on Windows is a handle to the child process and not its identifier. Process handles and process identifiers are different concepts on Windows.

Parameters

workingDirectory string

child's current working directory, or null to inherit parent's

argv string[]

child's argument vector

envp string[]

child's environment, or null to inherit parent's

flags glib.types.SpawnFlags

flags from #GSpawnFlags

childSetup glib.types.SpawnChildSetupFunc

function to run in the child just before exec()

childPid glib.types.Pid

return location for child process reference, or null

Return Value

Type: bool

true on success, false if error is set