From 8ce553f28a2ae0d022a774e8341e66dca4079b63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joe Wilm <jwilm@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2017 09:19:14 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fix zombie children (#976)

Resolves #973
---
 src/input.rs | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/input.rs b/src/input.rs
index 1090f12d..6c113ab4 100644
--- a/src/input.rs
+++ b/src/input.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::mem;
 use std::process::Command;
 use std::time::Instant;
+use std::os::unix::process::CommandExt;
 
 use copypasta::{Clipboard, Load, Buffer};
 use glutin::{ElementState, VirtualKeyCode, MouseButton, TouchPhase, MouseScrollDelta};
@@ -200,7 +201,16 @@ impl Action {
             },
             Action::Command(ref program, ref args) => {
                 trace!("running command: {} {:?}", program, args);
-                match Command::new(program).args(args).spawn() {
+                match Command::new(program)
+                    .args(args)
+                    .before_exec(|| {
+                        // Detach forked process from Alacritty. This will cause
+                        // init or whatever to clean up child processes for us.
+                        unsafe { ::libc::daemon(1, 0); }
+                        Ok(())
+                    })
+                    .spawn()
+                {
                     Ok(child) => {
                         debug!("spawned new proc with pid: {}", child.id());
                     },