xref: /openbsd/lib/libc/gen/daemon.c (revision db3296cf)
1 /*-
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29 
30 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
31 static char rcsid[] = "$OpenBSD: daemon.c,v 1.5 2003/07/15 17:32:41 deraadt Exp $";
32 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
33 
34 #include <fcntl.h>
35 #include <paths.h>
36 #include <unistd.h>
37 #include <stdlib.h>
38 
39 int
40 daemon(int nochdir, int noclose)
41 {
42 	int fd;
43 
44 	switch (fork()) {
45 	case -1:
46 		return (-1);
47 	case 0:
48 		break;
49 	default:
50 		_exit(0);
51 	}
52 
53 	if (setsid() == -1)
54 		return (-1);
55 
56 	if (!nochdir)
57 		(void)chdir("/");
58 
59 	if (!noclose && (fd = open(_PATH_DEVNULL, O_RDWR, 0)) != -1) {
60 		(void)dup2(fd, STDIN_FILENO);
61 		(void)dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
62 		(void)dup2(fd, STDERR_FILENO);
63 		if (fd > 2)
64 			(void)close (fd);
65 	}
66 	return (0);
67 }
68