daemon.c

/*-
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#if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
static char rcsid[] = "$OpenBSD: daemon.c,v 1.4 1995/02/25 13:41:16 cgd Exp $";
#endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */

#include <sys/types.h>

#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include "config.h"
#endif /* HAVE_CONFIG_H */

#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int
daemon(nochdir, noclose)
	int nochdir, noclose;
{
	int fd;

	switch (fork()) {
	case -1:
		return (-1);
	case 0:
		break;
	default:
		_exit(0);
	}

	if (setsid() == -1)
		return (-1);

	if (!nochdir)
		(void)chdir("/");

	if (!noclose && (fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR, 0)) != -1) {
		(void)dup2(fd, STDIN_FILENO);
		(void)dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
		(void)dup2(fd, STDERR_FILENO);
		if (fd > 2)
			(void)close (fd);
	}
	return (0);
}