Function cbm_exec_no_shell

src/foundation/compat_fs.c:718–753

}

int cbm_exec_no_shell(const char *const *argv) {
    if (!argv || !argv[0]) {
        return CBM_NOT_FOUND;
    }

    wchar_t *cmdline = cbm_build_cmdline(argv);
    if (!cmdline) {
        return CBM_NOT_FOUND;
    }

    STARTUPINFOW si;
    PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
    memset(&si, 0, sizeof(si));
    memset(&pi, 0, sizeof(pi));
    si.cb = sizeof(si);

    /* CREATE_NO_WINDOW: the third and last spawn site that still needed it
     * (#1427). Without it every helper routed through here — git, codesign,
     * open — flashes a console window, and under a stdio MCP session with
     * auto_watch those steal focus while the user is typing. The other three
     * CreateProcessW sites already set it: subprocess.c and cbm_popen_isolated
     * via #1448, and the detached daemon spawn in daemon/bootstrap.c, which has
     * had it since it was written. */
    if (!CreateProcessW(NULL, cmdline, NULL, NULL, FALSE, CREATE_NO_WINDOW, NULL, NULL, &si, &pi)) {
        free(cmdline);
        return CBM_NOT_FOUND;
    }
    free(cmdline);

    WaitForSingleObject(pi.hProcess, INFINITE);
    DWORD exit_code = (DWORD)CBM_NOT_FOUND;
    GetExitCodeProcess(pi.hProcess, &exit_code);
    CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);
    CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
    return (int)exit_code;
}

#else /* POSIX */