#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <windows.h>

long win32_execute_binary(char *cwd, char *cmd, char *envp[])
{
    HANDLE hndl,  opfp=0;
    int i,r,append2file=0;
    STARTUPINFO  StartupInfo={0};
    PROCESS_INFORMATION  ProcessInformation={0};	

	
    GetStartupInfo(&StartupInfo); 
    StartupInfo.dwFlags = STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
    StartupInfo.wShowWindow =  SW_HIDE;
    StartupInfo.cb = sizeof(STARTUPINFO);

     
	/* add new ENV variables - not thread safe tho.
	*/
	for (i=0;envp && envp[i];i++)
	{		 
		_putenv(envp[i]);	 
	}


	/* Something to do with bInheritHandles being FALSE, as when it is TRUE, it works. */
    CreateProcess(0, cmd, 0, 0, FALSE,
                        DETACHED_PROCESS | NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS,
                        0,
                        cwd,
                        &StartupInfo,
                        &ProcessInformation);

    hndl = ProcessInformation.hProcess;

    if (!hndl)
         r = GetLastError();

    /* wait for it to finish */
    {         
        DWORD w;
       
        w=  WaitForSingleObject(hndl, INFINITE);

        if (w == WAIT_FAILED)
            r = GetLastError();   
    }


    // handles must be closed as not used
    if (ProcessInformation.hProcess)
       CloseHandle(ProcessInformation.hProcess);
    if (ProcessInformation.hThread)
       CloseHandle(ProcessInformation.hThread);
     
    return (long)hndl;
}

int main(int arc, char *argv[], char *envp[])
{
	long ret = 0;

	ret = win32_execute_binary("/home/Administrator", "ls", envp);

	printf("Return val = %ld\n", ret);

	exit(0);
}