CALL_USERMODEHELPER

Section: (9)
Updated: 14 August 2003
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NAME

call_usermodehelper - start a usermode application

SYNOPSIS

int call_usermodehelper (char * path, char ** argv, char ** envp, int wait);

ARGUMENTS

path: pathname for the application
argv: null-terminated argument list
envp: null-terminated environment list
wait: wait for the application to finish and return status.

DESCRIPTION

Runs a user-space application. The application is started asynchronously if wait is not set, and runs as a child of keventd. (ie. it runs with full root capabilities).

Must be called from process context. Returns a negative error code if program was not execed successfully, or 0.

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