1 /* $OpenBSD: daemon.c,v 1.7 2010/07/27 22:29:09 marco Exp $ */
2 /*-
3 * Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
4 * The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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29 */
30
31 #include <fcntl.h>
32 #include <paths.h>
33 #include <unistd.h>
34 #include <stdlib.h>
35
36 int
daemon(int nochdir,int noclose)37 daemon(int nochdir, int noclose)
38 {
39 int fd;
40
41 switch (fork()) {
42 case -1:
43 return (-1);
44 case 0:
45 break;
46 default:
47 _exit(0);
48 }
49
50 if (setsid() == -1)
51 return (-1);
52
53 if (!nochdir)
54 (void)chdir("/");
55
56 if (!noclose && (fd = open(_PATH_DEVNULL, O_RDWR, 0)) != -1) {
57 (void)dup2(fd, STDIN_FILENO);
58 (void)dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
59 (void)dup2(fd, STDERR_FILENO);
60 if (fd > 2)
61 (void)close(fd);
62 }
63 return (0);
64 }
65