xref: /netbsd-src/lib/libc/gen/daemon.c (revision d9158b13b5dfe46201430699a3f7a235ecf28df3)
1 /*-
2  * Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
3  * All rights reserved.
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32  */
33 
34 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
35 /*static char sccsid[] = "from: @(#)daemon.c	5.3 (Berkeley) 12/28/90";*/
36 static char rcsid[] = "$Id: daemon.c,v 1.3 1993/12/19 08:44:42 pk Exp $";
37 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
38 
39 #include <sys/fcntl.h>
40 #include <unistd.h>
41 #include <paths.h>
42 
43 daemon(nochdir, noclose)
44 	int nochdir, noclose;
45 {
46 	int cpid;
47 
48 	if ((cpid = fork()) == -1)
49 		return (-1);
50 	if (cpid)
51 		exit(0);
52 	(void) setsid();
53 	if (!nochdir)
54 		(void) chdir("/");
55 	if (!noclose) {
56 		int devnull = open(_PATH_DEVNULL, O_RDWR, 0);
57 
58 		if (devnull != -1) {
59 			(void) dup2(devnull, STDIN_FILENO);
60 			(void) dup2(devnull, STDOUT_FILENO);
61 			(void) dup2(devnull, STDERR_FILENO);
62 			if (devnull > 2)
63 				(void) close(devnull);
64 		}
65 	}
66 	return (0);
67 }
68