Added a zen::CreateProc() function for spawning child processes

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/zencore/include/zencore/thread.h b/zencore/include/zencore/thread.h
index 6727e5029..f0fc55413 100644
--- a/zencore/include/zencore/thread.h
+++ b/zencore/include/zencore/thread.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include <shared_mutex>
 
+#include <filesystem>
 #include <string_view>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -174,6 +175,31 @@ private:
 	int	  m_Pid			  = 0;
 };
 
+/** Basic process creation
+ */
+struct CreateProcOptions
+{
+	enum
+	{
+		Flag_NewConsole	= 1 << 0,
+		Flag_Elevated	= 1 << 1,
+	};
+
+	const std::filesystem::path* WorkingDirectory = nullptr;
+	uint32_t					 Flags = 0;
+};
+
+#if ZEN_PLATFORM_WINDOWS
+	using CreateProcResult = void*;		// handle to the process
+#else
+	using CreateProcResult = int32_t;	// pid
+#endif
+
+ZENCORE_API CreateProcResult CreateProc(
+	const std::filesystem::path& Executable,
+	std::string_view			 CommandLine, // should also include arg[0] (executable name)
+	const CreateProcOptions&	 Options={});
+
 /** Process monitor - monitors a list of running processes via polling
 
 	Intended to be used to monitor a set of "sponsor" processes, where