xref: /netbsd-src/lib/libc/gen/daemon.c (revision 1f2744e6e4915c9da2a3f980279398c4cf7d5e6d)
1 /*	$NetBSD: daemon.c,v 1.4 1995/02/25 13:41:16 cgd Exp $	*/
2 
3 /*-
4  * Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
5  *	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
6  *
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16  *    must display the following acknowledgement:
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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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23  * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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25  * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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34  */
35 
36 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
37 #if 0
38 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)daemon.c	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93";
39 #else
40 static char rcsid[] = "$NetBSD: daemon.c,v 1.4 1995/02/25 13:41:16 cgd Exp $";
41 #endif
42 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
43 
44 #include <fcntl.h>
45 #include <paths.h>
46 #include <unistd.h>
47 
48 int
49 daemon(nochdir, noclose)
50 	int nochdir, noclose;
51 {
52 	int fd;
53 
54 	switch (fork()) {
55 	case -1:
56 		return (-1);
57 	case 0:
58 		break;
59 	default:
60 		_exit(0);
61 	}
62 
63 	if (setsid() == -1)
64 		return (-1);
65 
66 	if (!nochdir)
67 		(void)chdir("/");
68 
69 	if (!noclose && (fd = open(_PATH_DEVNULL, O_RDWR, 0)) != -1) {
70 		(void)dup2(fd, STDIN_FILENO);
71 		(void)dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
72 		(void)dup2(fd, STDERR_FILENO);
73 		if (fd > 2)
74 			(void)close (fd);
75 	}
76 	return (0);
77 }
78