Handle all operations except mounting without forking a child

This saves 170ms for each start (why do we take 170ms to start up?)
and cuts down test time by 2 seconds.

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 1f65807..3763984 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
  * add test case
 * Add "--pwfile" parameter that reads the password from a file
  * Use that for additional test cases
+* Find out why "./gocryptfs -version" takes 170ms.
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 7184255..e602ed2 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -155,13 +155,10 @@ func main() {
 		"Setting this to a lower value speeds up mounting but makes the password susceptible to brute-force attacks")
 	flagSet.Parse(os.Args[1:])
 
-	// By default, let the child handle everything.
-	// The parent *could* handle operations that do not require backgrounding by
-	// itself, but that would make the code paths more complicated.
-	if !args.foreground {
+	// Fork a child into the background if "-f" is not set and we are mounting a filesystem
+	if !args.foreground && flagSet.NArg() == 2 {
 		forkChild() // does not return
 	}
-	// Getting here means we *are* the child
 	// "-v"
 	if args.version {
 		printVersion()
@@ -231,7 +228,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	// Mount
 	// Check mountpoint
-	if flagSet.NArg() < 2 {
+	if flagSet.NArg() != 2 {
 		usageText()
 		os.Exit(ERREXIT_USAGE)
 	}