1 /* nohup -- run a command immune to hangups, with output to a non-tty
2 Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007-2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
7 (at your option) any later version.
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
17 /* Written by Jim Meyering */
22 #include <sys/types.h>
29 #include "filenamecat.h"
30 #include "fd-reopen.h"
31 #include "long-options.h"
35 #define PROGRAM_NAME "nohup"
37 #define AUTHORS proper_name ("Jim Meyering")
42 /* `nohup' itself failed. */
43 POSIX_NOHUP_FAILURE
= 127
49 if (status
!= EXIT_SUCCESS
)
50 fprintf (stderr
, _("Try `%s --help' for more information.\n"),
55 Usage: %s COMMAND [ARG]...\n\
58 program_name
, program_name
);
61 Run COMMAND, ignoring hangup signals.\n\
64 fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION
, stdout
);
65 fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION
, stdout
);
67 If standard input is a terminal, redirect it from /dev/null.\n\
68 If standard output is a terminal, append output to `nohup.out' if possible,\n\
69 `$HOME/nohup.out' otherwise.\n\
70 If standard error is a terminal, redirect it to standard output.\n\
71 To save output to FILE, use `%s COMMAND > FILE'.\n"),
73 printf (USAGE_BUILTIN_WARNING
, PROGRAM_NAME
);
74 emit_ancillary_info ();
80 main (int argc
, char **argv
)
82 int out_fd
= STDOUT_FILENO
;
83 int saved_stderr_fd
= STDERR_FILENO
;
85 bool redirecting_stdout
;
86 bool stdout_is_closed
;
87 bool redirecting_stderr
;
88 int exit_internal_failure
;
90 initialize_main (&argc
, &argv
);
91 set_program_name (argv
[0]);
92 setlocale (LC_ALL
, "");
93 bindtextdomain (PACKAGE
, LOCALEDIR
);
96 /* POSIX 2008 requires that internal failure give status 127; unlike
97 for env, exec, nice, time, and xargs where it requires internal
98 failure give something in the range 1-125. For consistency with
99 other tools, fail with EXIT_CANCELED unless POSIXLY_CORRECT. */
100 exit_internal_failure
= (getenv ("POSIXLY_CORRECT")
101 ? POSIX_NOHUP_FAILURE
: EXIT_CANCELED
);
102 initialize_exit_failure (exit_internal_failure
);
103 atexit (close_stdout
);
105 parse_long_options (argc
, argv
, PROGRAM_NAME
, PACKAGE_NAME
, Version
,
106 usage
, AUTHORS
, (char const *) NULL
);
107 if (getopt_long (argc
, argv
, "+", NULL
, NULL
) != -1)
108 usage (exit_internal_failure
);
112 error (0, 0, _("missing operand"));
113 usage (exit_internal_failure
);
116 ignoring_input
= isatty (STDIN_FILENO
);
117 redirecting_stdout
= isatty (STDOUT_FILENO
);
118 stdout_is_closed
= (!redirecting_stdout
&& errno
== EBADF
);
119 redirecting_stderr
= isatty (STDERR_FILENO
);
121 /* If standard input is a tty, replace it with /dev/null if possible.
122 Note that it is deliberately opened for *writing*,
123 to ensure any read evokes an error. */
126 if (fd_reopen (STDIN_FILENO
, "/dev/null", O_WRONLY
, 0) < 0)
128 error (0, errno
, _("failed to render standard input unusable"));
129 exit (exit_internal_failure
);
131 if (!redirecting_stdout
&& !redirecting_stderr
)
132 error (0, 0, _("ignoring input"));
135 /* If standard output is a tty, redirect it (appending) to a file.
136 First try nohup.out, then $HOME/nohup.out. If standard error is
137 a tty and standard output is closed, open nohup.out or
138 $HOME/nohup.out without redirecting anything. */
139 if (redirecting_stdout
|| (redirecting_stderr
&& stdout_is_closed
))
141 char *in_home
= NULL
;
142 char const *file
= "nohup.out";
143 int flags
= O_CREAT
| O_WRONLY
| O_APPEND
;
144 mode_t mode
= S_IRUSR
| S_IWUSR
;
145 mode_t umask_value
= umask (~mode
);
146 out_fd
= (redirecting_stdout
147 ? fd_reopen (STDOUT_FILENO
, file
, flags
, mode
)
148 : open (file
, flags
, mode
));
152 int saved_errno
= errno
;
153 char const *home
= getenv ("HOME");
156 in_home
= file_name_concat (home
, file
, NULL
);
157 out_fd
= (redirecting_stdout
158 ? fd_reopen (STDOUT_FILENO
, in_home
, flags
, mode
)
159 : open (in_home
, flags
, mode
));
163 int saved_errno2
= errno
;
164 error (0, saved_errno
, _("failed to open %s"), quote (file
));
166 error (0, saved_errno2
, _("failed to open %s"),
168 exit (exit_internal_failure
);
176 ? N_("ignoring input and appending output to %s")
177 : N_("appending output to %s")),
182 /* If standard error is a tty, redirect it. */
183 if (redirecting_stderr
)
185 /* Save a copy of stderr before redirecting, so we can use the original
186 if execve fails. It's no big deal if this dup fails. It might
187 not change anything, and at worst, it'll lead to suppression of
188 the post-failed-execve diagnostic. */
189 saved_stderr_fd
= dup (STDERR_FILENO
);
191 if (0 <= saved_stderr_fd
192 && set_cloexec_flag (saved_stderr_fd
, true) != 0)
193 error (exit_internal_failure
, errno
,
194 _("failed to set the copy of stderr to close on exec"));
196 if (!redirecting_stdout
)
199 ? N_("ignoring input and redirecting stderr to stdout")
200 : N_("redirecting stderr to stdout")));
202 if (dup2 (out_fd
, STDERR_FILENO
) < 0)
203 error (exit_internal_failure
, errno
,
204 _("failed to redirect standard error"));
206 if (stdout_is_closed
)
210 /* error() flushes stderr, but does not check for write failure.
211 Normally, we would catch this via our atexit() hook of
212 close_stdout, but execvp() gets in the way. If stderr
213 encountered a write failure, there is no need to try calling
214 error() again, particularly since we may have just changed the
215 underlying fd out from under stderr. */
217 exit (exit_internal_failure
);
219 signal (SIGHUP
, SIG_IGN
);
224 char **cmd
= argv
+ optind
;
227 exit_status
= (errno
== ENOENT
? EXIT_ENOENT
: EXIT_CANNOT_INVOKE
);
230 /* The execve failed. Output a diagnostic to stderr only if:
231 - stderr was initially redirected to a non-tty, or
232 - stderr was initially directed to a tty, and we
233 can dup2 it to point back to that same tty.
234 In other words, output the diagnostic if possible, but only if
235 it will go to the original stderr. */
236 if (dup2 (saved_stderr_fd
, STDERR_FILENO
) == STDERR_FILENO
)
237 error (0, saved_errno
, _("failed to run command %s"), quote (*cmd
));