/*
* Copyright (c) 2007 Albert Lee <trisk@acm.jhu.edu>.
*
* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
* obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
* files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
* restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
* copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
* copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
* Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
* conditions:
*
* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
* included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
*
* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
* EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
* OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
* NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
* HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
* WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
* FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
* OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
*/
int daemon(int nochdir, int noclose);
int daemon(int nochdir, int noclose)
{
int fd, i;
switch (fork()) {
case 0:
break;
case -1:
return -1;
default:
_exit(0);
}
if (!nochdir) {
chdir("/");
}
if (setsid() < 0) {
return -1;
}
if (!noclose) {
if ((fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR) >= 0)) {
for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
dup2(fd, i);
}
if (fd > 2) {
close(fd);
}
}
}
return 0;
}
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