xref: /freebsd/lib/libc/gen/daemon.c (revision 4cf49a43559ed9fdad601bdcccd2c55963008675)
1 /*-
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33 
34 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
35 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)daemon.c	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93";
36 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
37 
38 #include <fcntl.h>
39 #include <paths.h>
40 #include <unistd.h>
41 
42 int
43 daemon(nochdir, noclose)
44 	int nochdir, noclose;
45 {
46 	int fd;
47 
48 	switch (fork()) {
49 	case -1:
50 		return (-1);
51 	case 0:
52 		break;
53 	default:
54 		_exit(0);
55 	}
56 
57 	if (setsid() == -1)
58 		return (-1);
59 
60 	if (!nochdir)
61 		(void)chdir("/");
62 
63 	if (!noclose && (fd = open(_PATH_DEVNULL, O_RDWR, 0)) != -1) {
64 		(void)dup2(fd, STDIN_FILENO);
65 		(void)dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
66 		(void)dup2(fd, STDERR_FILENO);
67 		if (fd > 2)
68 			(void)close (fd);
69 	}
70 	return (0);
71 }
72