From 1fc28278b55a5835bfd57821619141bd92eed91d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: NRK Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2023 17:06:04 +0600 Subject: add option to update cache in a background process the cli flag is undocumented for now, since it's experimental. Closes: https://codeberg.org/nsxiv/nsxiv/issues/416 Closes: https://codeberg.org/nsxiv/nsxiv/pulls/425 Co-authored-by: explosion-mental --- main.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) (limited to 'main.c') diff --git a/main.c b/main.c index a050aa8..e0ff5b3 100644 --- a/main.c +++ b/main.c @@ -936,6 +936,23 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) filecnt = fileidx; fileidx = options->startnum < filecnt ? options->startnum : 0; + if (options->background_cache && !options->private_mode) { + pid_t ppid = getpid(); /* to check if parent is still alive or not */ + switch (fork()) { + case 0: + tns_init(&tns, files, &filecnt, &fileidx, NULL); + while (filecnt > 0 && getppid() == ppid) { + tns_load(&tns, filecnt - 1, false, true); + remove_file(filecnt - 1, true); + } + exit(0); + break; + case -1: + error(0, errno, "fork failed"); + break; + } + } + win_init(&win); img_init(&img, &win); arl_init(&arl); -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf