+static void
+fix_fds (void)
+{
+ /* Bad Things Happen if stdin, stdout, and stderr have been closed
+ (as by the `sh incantation "attraction >&- 2>&-"). When you do
+ that, the X connection gets allocated to one of these fds, and
+ then some random library writes to stderr, and random bits get
+ stuffed down the X pipe, causing "Xlib: sequence lost" errors.
+ So, we cause the first three file descriptors to be open to
+ /dev/null if they aren't open to something else already. This
+ must be done before any other files are opened (or the closing
+ of that other file will again free up one of the "magic" first
+ three FDs.)
+
+ We do this by opening /dev/null three times, and then closing
+ those fds, *unless* any of them got allocated as #0, #1, or #2,
+ in which case we leave them open. Gag.
+
+ Really, this crap is technically required of *every* X program,
+ if you want it to be robust in the face of "2>&-".
+ */
+ int fd0 = open ("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
+ int fd1 = open ("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
+ int fd2 = open ("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
+ if (fd0 > 2) close (fd0);
+ if (fd1 > 2) close (fd1);
+ if (fd2 > 2) close (fd2);
+}
+
+