update

src/client_backend/thread_ctrl.cpp

@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 #include "well_known.h"
 #include "scan.h"
 #include "app_ctrl.h"
-void split(char* input,char*delimiter, char* out1, char* out2) {
+void split(char* input,const char delimiter, char* out1, char* out2) {
 	//split a string at the delimiter. the delimiter only occurs once. so the first part is out1 and the second part is out2
 	int i = 0;
 	int j = 0;
 	int k = 0;
 	while (input[i] != '\0') {
-		if (input[i] == delimiter[0]) {
+		if (input[i] == delimiter) {
 			out1[j] = '\0';
 			i++;
 			while (input[i] != '\0') {
@@ -33,18 +33,25 @@ int start_thread(const char* command) {
 	if (can_run_thread()) {
 		char* out2 = new char[100]; //for the command
 		char* out1 = new char[300]; //for the arguments
-		split((char*)command, (char*)";", (char*)out1, (char*)out2);
-
+		split((char*)command,';', (char*)out1, (char*)out2);
+		log(LOGLEVEL::INFO, "[start_thread()]: starting command: ", out1, " with arguments: ",out2);
 		//printf("out1: %s\n", out1);
 		//printf("out2: %s\n", out2);
 		//determine what should be executed
 		if (strcmp(out1, "scanfile") == 0) {
 			//start a new thread with the scanfile function
 			std::thread t1(action_scanfile, out2);
+			t1.detach();
 		}
 		else if (strcmp(out1, "scanfolder") == 0) {
 			//start a new thread with the scanfolder function
 			std::thread t1(action_scanfolder, out2);
+			t1.detach();
+		}
+
+		while (can_run_thread()) {
+			//delay a bit, in order to wait until the thread is started
+			Sleep(10);
 		}
 		delete[] out1;
 		delete[] out2;