A program that allows you to run gui apps from the console without getting all of its output. E.g.: cd ~/work/a/b/c/; run ./gui-app param

run.c

#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>

int main (int argc, char **argv)
{
	pid_t pid;
	int fd;

	/*
	 * parent terminates
	 * child gets rid of its tty and then shift-runs its arguments
	 */
	pid = fork();
	if (pid < 0) {
		return 1;
	} else if (pid == 0) {
		/* close standard files */
		close (0); close (1); close (2);
		/* detach the tty */
		fd = open ("/dev/tty", 0);
		ioctl (fd, TIOCNOTTY);
		close (fd);
		/* execute the provided program */
		execvp (argv[1], argv + 1);
	}
}