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3 * nohup - invoke a utility immune to hangups.
5 * Busybox version based on nohup specification at
6 * http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/utilities/nohup.html
8 * Copyright 2006 Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
9 * Copyright 2006 Bernhard Reutner-Fischer
11 * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this source tree.
14 //config: bool "nohup (2.2 kb)"
17 //config: run a command immune to hangups, with output to a non-tty.
19 //applet:IF_NOHUP(APPLET_NOEXEC(nohup, nohup, BB_DIR_USR_BIN, BB_SUID_DROP, nohup))
21 //kbuild:lib-$(CONFIG_NOHUP) += nohup.o
23 //usage:#define nohup_trivial_usage
25 //usage:#define nohup_full_usage "\n\n"
26 //usage: "Run PROG immune to hangups, with output to a non-tty"
28 //usage:#define nohup_example_usage
29 //usage: "$ nohup make &"
33 /* Compat info: nohup (GNU coreutils 6.8) does this:
35 nohup: ignoring input and appending output to 'nohup.out'
36 # nohup true 1>/dev/null
37 nohup: ignoring input and redirecting stderr to stdout
40 nohup: ignoring input and appending output to 'nohup.out'
41 # nohup true 2>zz 1>/dev/null
44 # nohup true </dev/null 1>/dev/null
45 nohup: redirecting stderr to stdout
46 # nohup true </dev/null 2>zz 1>/dev/null
52 int nohup_main(int argc
, char **argv
) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE
;
53 int nohup_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM
, char **argv
)
58 xfunc_error_retval
= 127;
64 /* If stdin is a tty, detach from it. */
65 if (isatty(STDIN_FILENO
)) {
66 /* bb_error_msg("ignoring input"); */
68 xopen(bb_dev_null
, O_RDONLY
); /* will be fd 0 (STDIN_FILENO) */
71 nohupout
= "nohup.out";
72 /* Redirect stdout to nohup.out, either in "." or in "$HOME". */
73 if (isatty(STDOUT_FILENO
)) {
75 if (open(nohupout
, O_CREAT
|O_WRONLY
|O_APPEND
, S_IRUSR
|S_IWUSR
) < 0) {
76 home
= getenv("HOME");
78 nohupout
= concat_path_file(home
, nohupout
);
79 xopen3(nohupout
, O_CREAT
|O_WRONLY
|O_APPEND
, S_IRUSR
|S_IWUSR
);
81 xopen(bb_dev_null
, O_RDONLY
); /* will be fd 1 */
84 bb_error_msg("appending output to %s", nohupout
);
87 /* If we have a tty on stderr, redirect to stdout. */
88 if (isatty(STDERR_FILENO
)) {
89 /* if (stdout_wasnt_a_tty)
90 bb_error_msg("redirecting stderr to stdout"); */
91 dup2(STDOUT_FILENO
, STDERR_FILENO
);
94 signal(SIGHUP
, SIG_IGN
);
97 BB_EXECVP_or_die(argv
);