lib/libc/gen/daemon.c

   1 /*      $NetBSD: daemon.c,v 1.8 2000/01/22 22:19:09 mycroft Exp $       */
   2
   3 /*-
   4  * Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
   5  *      The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
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  31
  32 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
  33 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
  34 #if 0
  35 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)daemon.c    8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93";
  36 #else
  37 __RCSID("$NetBSD: daemon.c,v 1.8 2000/01/22 22:19:09 mycroft Exp $");
  38 #endif
  39 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
  40
  41 #include "namespace.h"
  42 #include <fcntl.h>
  43 #include <paths.h>
  44 #include <stdlib.h>
  45 #include <unistd.h>
  46
  47 #ifdef __weak_alias
  48 __weak_alias(daemon,_daemon)
  49 #endif
  50
  51 int
  52 daemon(nochdir, noclose)
  53         int nochdir, noclose;
  54 {
  55         int fd;
  56
  57         switch (fork()) {
  58         case -1:
  59                 return (-1);
  60         case 0:
  61                 break;
  62         default:
  63                 _exit(0);
  64         }
  65
  66         if (setsid() == -1)
  67                 return (-1);
  68
  69         if (!nochdir)
  70                 (void)chdir("/");
  71
  72         if (!noclose && (fd = open(_PATH_DEVNULL, O_RDWR, 0)) != -1) {
  73                 (void)dup2(fd, STDIN_FILENO);
  74                 (void)dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
  75                 (void)dup2(fd, STDERR_FILENO);
  76                 if (fd > STDERR_FILENO)
  77                         (void)close(fd);
  78         }
  79         return (0);
  80 }