@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ #include "taskbar.h"
 #include "battery.h"
 #include "clock.h"
 #include "timer.h"
+#include "common.h"
 
 PangoFontDescription *bat1_font_desc;
 PangoFontDescription *bat2_font_desc;
@@ -352,8 +353,8 @@ if(energy_full > 0)
 		new_percentage = (energy_now*100)/energy_full;
 
 	if(battery_low_status > new_percentage && battery_state.state == BATTERY_DISCHARGING && !battery_low_cmd_send) {
-			system(battery_low_cmd);  // return value == -1, since we've set SIGCHLD to SIGIGN
-			battery_low_cmd_send = 1;
+		tint_exec(battery_low_cmd);
+		battery_low_cmd_send = 1;
 	}
 	if(battery_low_status < new_percentage && battery_state.state == BATTERY_CHARGING && battery_low_cmd_send) {
 		battery_low_cmd_send = 0;

@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ #include <stdio.h>
 #include <cairo.h>
 #include <cairo-xlib.h>
 #include <pango/pangocairo.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <signal.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include "window.h"
@@ -33,6 +31,7 @@ #include "panel.h"
 #include "taskbar.h"
 #include "clock.h"
 #include "timer.h"
+#include "common.h"
 
 
 char *time1_format;
@@ -302,17 +301,6 @@ case 3:
 		command = clock_rclick_command;
 		break;
 	}
-	if (command) {
-		pid_t pid;
-		pid = fork();
-		if (pid == 0) {
-			// change for the fork the signal mask
-//			sigset_t sigset;
-//			sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &sigset, 0);
-//			sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &sigset, 0);
-			execl("/bin/sh", "/bin/sh", "-c", command, NULL);
-			_exit(0);
-		}
-	}
+  tint_exec(command);
 }
 

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ sigaction(SIGUSR1, &sa, 0);
 	sigaction(SIGINT, &sa, 0);
 	sigaction(SIGTERM, &sa, 0);
 	sigaction(SIGHUP, &sa, 0);
-	signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_IGN);		// don't have to wait() after fork()
+//	signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_IGN);		// don't have to wait() after fork()
 
 	// BSD is too stupid to support pselect(), therefore we have to use select and hope that we do not
 	// end up in a race condition there

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ #include <X11/extensions/Xrender.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
-
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "common.h"
 #include "../server.h"
@@ -74,6 +74,23 @@ 
 	g_strstrip(*key);
 	g_strstrip(*value);
 	return 1;
+}
+
+
+void tint_exec(const char *command)
+{
+	if (command) {
+		pid_t pid;
+		pid = fork();
+		if (pid == 0) {
+			// change for the fork the signal mask
+//			sigset_t sigset;
+//			sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &sigset, 0);
+//			sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &sigset, 0);
+			execl("/bin/sh", "/bin/sh", "-c", command, NULL);
+			_exit(0);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 

@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ 
 // extract key = value
 int parse_line (const char *line, char **key, char **value);
 
+// execute a command by calling fork
+void tint_exec(const char* command);
+
+
 // conversion
 int hex_char_to_int (char c);
 int hex_to_rgb (char *hex, int *r, int *g, int *b);