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6 .TH DAEMON 3C "Sep 15, 2009"
8 daemon \- basic daemonization function
14 \fBint\fR \fBdaemon\fR(\fBint\fR \fInochdir\fR, \fBint\fR \fInoclose\fR);
20 The \fBdaemon()\fR function provides a means for applications to run in the
24 This function ensures that the process calling this function:
29 runs in the background
35 detaches from the controlling terminal
41 forms a new process group
47 is not a session group leader.
51 The arguments to this function are treated as boolean variables and are
52 evaluated using negative logic.
55 If the \fInochdir\fR argument is zero the working directory will be changed to
56 the root directory (/); otherwise it will not be.
59 If the \fInoclose\fR argument is zero the descriptors 0, 1, and 2 (normally
60 corresponding to standard input, output and error output, depending on the
61 application) will be redirected to \fB/dev/null\fR; otherwise they will not be.
65 Upon successful completion, \fBdaemon()\fR returns 0. Otherwise it returns -1
66 and sets \fBerrno\fR to the values specified for \fBfork\fR(2),
67 \fBsetsid\fR(2), \fBopen\fR(2), and \fBdup\fR(2).
70 If \fBdaemon()\fR is called with \fInoclose\fR set to 0 and fails to redirect
71 descriptors 0, 1, and 2 to \fB/dev/null\fR, those descriptors are not
72 guaranteed to be the same as before the call.
75 \fBExample 1 \fRUsing daemon to run a process in the background.
78 The \fBmain()\fR function of a network server could look like this:
83 int background; /* background flag */
85 /* Load and verify the configuration. */
87 /* Go into background. */
88 if (background && daemon(0, 0) < 0)
91 /* Process requests here. */
98 See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
106 ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
108 Interface Stability Committed
110 MT-Level Async-Signal-Safe
116 \fBIntro\fR(2), \fBdup\fR(2), \fBfork\fR(2), \fBopen\fR(2), \fBsetsid\fR(2),