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diff --git a/libglusterfs/src/common-utils.c b/libglusterfs/src/common-utils.c
index 3b904f5224a..eef865ec500 100644
--- a/libglusterfs/src/common-utils.c
+++ b/libglusterfs/src/common-utils.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
#include <time.h>
#include <locale.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <signal.h>
@@ -1466,3 +1467,58 @@ get_checksum_for_file (int fd, uint32_t *checksum)
return ret;
}
+
+
+/* One should pass the command here with command with full path,
+ otherwise, execv will fail */
+int
+gf_system (const char *command)
+{
+ int ret = -1;
+ pid_t pid = 0;
+ int status = 0;
+ int idx = 0;
+ char *dupcmd = NULL;
+ char *arg = NULL;
+ char *tmp = NULL;
+ char *argv[100] = { NULL, };
+
+ dupcmd = gf_strdup (command);
+ if (!dupcmd)
+ goto out;
+
+ pid = fork ();
+ if (pid < 0) {
+ /* failure */
+ goto out;
+ }
+ if (pid == 0) {
+ /* Child process */
+ /* Step 0: Prepare the argv */
+ arg = strtok_r (dupcmd, " ", &tmp);
+ while (arg) {
+ argv[idx] = arg;
+ arg = strtok_r (NULL, " ", &tmp);
+ idx++;
+ }
+ /* Step 1: Close all 'fd' */
+ for (idx = 3; idx < 65536; idx++) {
+ close (idx);
+ }
+ /* Step 2: execv (); */
+ ret = execvp (argv[0], argv);
+
+ /* Code will not come here at all */
+ gf_log ("", GF_LOG_ERROR, "execv of (%s) failed", command);
+ }
+ if (pid > 0) {
+ /* Current, ie, parent process */
+ pid = waitpid (pid, &status, 0);
+ ret = status;
+ }
+out:
+ if (dupcmd)
+ GF_FREE (dupcmd);
+
+ return ret;
+}