xref: /original-bsd/lib/libc/gen/daemon.c (revision ea3a8ee8)
1 /*-
2  * Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
3  * All rights reserved.
4  *
5  * %sccs.include.redist.c%
6  */
7 
8 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
9 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)daemon.c	5.4 (Berkeley) 07/31/91";
10 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
11 
12 #include <sys/fcntl.h>
13 #include <unistd.h>
14 #include <paths.h>
15 
16 daemon(nochdir, noclose)
17 	int nochdir, noclose;
18 {
19 	int cpid;
20 
21 	if ((cpid = fork()) == -1)
22 		return (-1);
23 	if (cpid)
24 		exit(0);
25 	(void) setsid();
26 	if (!nochdir)
27 		(void) chdir("/");
28 	if (!noclose) {
29 		int devnull = open(_PATH_DEVNULL, O_RDWR, 0);
30 
31 		if (devnull != -1) {
32 			(void) dup2(devnull, STDIN_FILENO);
33 			(void) dup2(devnull, STDOUT_FILENO);
34 			(void) dup2(devnull, STDERR_FILENO);
35 			if (devnull > 2)
36 				(void) close(devnull);
37 		}
38 	}
39 	return (0);
40 }
41