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authorAnselm R. Garbe <arg@10kloc.org>2006-08-28 08:17:27 +0200
committerAnselm R. Garbe <arg@10kloc.org>2006-08-28 08:17:27 +0200
commita50b15a9e9663b1a7ee11d39ddf246427aecaeef (patch)
treeaa7fcaf84ab7233d6101fb324ef459e6be2eb4e8
parent0a25fe91888f30a382ca0cfb492283ce9aa3296c (diff)
downloaddwm-a50b15a9e9663b1a7ee11d39ddf246427aecaeef.tar.gz
added a comment to spawn 1.1
-rw-r--r--util.c1
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index e19e3e9..91df00b 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ spawn(Arg *arg)
 
 	if(!arg->cmd)
 		return;
+	/* the double-fork construct avoids zombie processes */
 	if(fork() == 0) {
 		if(fork() == 0) {
 			if(dpy)