daemon.c revision 1.8 
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.
6 *
7 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
8 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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15 * 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
16 *    must display the following acknowledgement:
17 *	This product includes software developed by the University of
18 *	California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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20 *    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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22 *
23 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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34 */
35
36#include <sys/cdefs.h>
37#if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
38#if 0
39static char sccsid[] = "@(#)daemon.c	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93";
40#else
41__RCSID("$NetBSD: daemon.c,v 1.8 2000/01/22 22:19:09 mycroft Exp $");
42#endif
43#endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
44
45#include "namespace.h"
46#include <fcntl.h>
47#include <paths.h>
48#include <stdlib.h>
49#include <unistd.h>
50
51#ifdef __weak_alias
52__weak_alias(daemon,_daemon)
53#endif
54
55int
56daemon(nochdir, noclose)
57	int nochdir, noclose;
58{
59	int fd;
60
61	switch (fork()) {
62	case -1:
63		return (-1);
64	case 0:
65		break;
66	default:
67		_exit(0);
68	}
69
70	if (setsid() == -1)
71		return (-1);
72
73	if (!nochdir)
74		(void)chdir("/");
75
76	if (!noclose && (fd = open(_PATH_DEVNULL, O_RDWR, 0)) != -1) {
77		(void)dup2(fd, STDIN_FILENO);
78		(void)dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
79		(void)dup2(fd, STDERR_FILENO);
80		if (fd > STDERR_FILENO)
81			(void)close(fd);
82	}
83	return (0);
84}
85