1 files changed, 4 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
index 1ce854c..3173b37 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <spawn.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <X11/cursorfont.h>
@@ -1954,16 +1955,12 @@ sigchld(int unused)
 	while (0 < waitpid(-1, NULL, WNOHANG));
 }
 
+extern char **environ;
+
 void
 spawn(const Arg *arg)
 {
-	if (fork() == 0) {
-		if (dpy)
-			close(ConnectionNumber(dpy));
-		setsid();
-		execvp(((char **)arg->v)[0], (char **)arg->v);
-		die("dwm: execvp '%s' failed:", ((char **)arg->v)[0]);
-	}
+	posix_spawnp(NULL, ((char **)arg->v)[0], NULL, NULL, (char **)arg->v, environ);
 }
 
 void
@@ -2683,4 +2680,3 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	XCloseDisplay(dpy);
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
-