--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/spawn.cpp	Sun Sep 13 19:19:56 2026 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#include <iostream>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <spawn.h>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <string>
+#include "process.h"
+extern char** environ; // idk what this does
+std::string spawn(char* const argv[], const char* path)
+{
+    pid_t pid;
+    int status;
+    status = posix_spawn(&pid, path, NULL, NULL, const_cast<char* const*>(argv), environ);
+    if (status != 0) {
+        std::cerr << "posix_spawn failed:" << strerror(status) << std::endl;
+        return "error";
+    }
+    if (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) == -1) {
+        perror("waitpid");
+        return "error";
+    }
+    if (WIFEXITED(status)) {
+        return std::to_string(WEXITSTATUS(status));
+    }
+    if (WIFSIGNALED(status)) {
+        return std::to_string(WTERMSIG(status));
+    }
+    return "success";
+}