xref: /original-bsd/lib/libc/gen/daemon.c (revision 2bdcd748)
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	5.5 (Berkeley) 04/27/93";
10 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
11 
12 #include <fcntl.h>
13 #include <paths.h>
14 #include <unistd.h>
15 
16 int
17 daemon(nochdir, noclose)
18 	int nochdir, noclose;
19 {
20 	int fd;
21 
22 	switch (fork()) {
23 	case -1:
24 		return (-1);
25 	case 0:
26 		break;
27 	default:
28 		_exit(0);
29 	}
30 
31 	if (setsid() == -1)
32 		return (-1);
33 
34 	if (!nochdir)
35 		(void)chdir("/");
36 
37 	if (!noclose && (fd = open(_PATH_DEVNULL, O_RDWR, 0)) != -1) {
38 		(void)dup2(fd, STDIN_FILENO);
39 		(void)dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
40 		(void)dup2(fd, STDERR_FILENO);
41 		if (fd > 2)
42 			(void)close (fd);
43 	}
44 	return (0);
45 }
46