From 3a9d6c26ed739d607775882929cac3bd17d10712 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rico Tiongson <thericotiongson@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 03:01:23 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Redirect using freopen

---
 comfortable_swipe/service/restart.cpp | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/comfortable_swipe/service/restart.cpp b/comfortable_swipe/service/restart.cpp
index c632a4f..2804c23 100644
--- a/comfortable_swipe/service/restart.cpp
+++ b/comfortable_swipe/service/restart.cpp
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 
 
-#include <unistd.h> // popen, pclose
-#include <memory> // std::unique_ptr
-#include <cstdlib> // std::system
+#include <cstdio> // freopen, stdout
 #include "../all_headers.hpp"
 
 namespace comfortable_swipe::service
@@ -32,10 +30,12 @@ namespace comfortable_swipe::service
      */
     void restart()
     {
-        // stop, while redirecting stdout to pipe
-        std::unique_ptr<FILE, decltype(&pclose)> pipe(popen(__COMFORTABLE_SWIPE__PROGRAM__ " stop", "r"), pclose);
+        // dont show stdout on stop
+        freopen("/dev/null", "a", stdout);
+        comfortable_swipe::service::stop();
 
-        // restart service
+        // show back on start
+        freopen ("/dev/tty", "a", stdout);
         comfortable_swipe::service::start();
     }
 }