daemon.c   [plain text]

/*

Copyright (c) 1988  X Consortium

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in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE X CONSORTIUM BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Except as contained in this notice, the name of the X Consortium shall
not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or
other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization
from the X Consortium.

*/

#include "xfs-config.h"

#include <X11/Xos.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#include "os.h"

/* detach */
void
BecomeDaemon (void)
{
    /* If our C library has the daemon() function, just use it. */
#ifdef HAVE_DAEMON
    if (daemon (0, 0) < 0) {
	/* error */
	FatalError("daemon() failed, %s\n", strerror(errno));
    }

    /* Open/reopen log file on stderr */
#ifdef USE_SYSLOG
    if (!UseSyslog)
#endif
	CloseErrors();
    InitErrors();
#else

    switch (fork()) {
    case -1:
	/* error */
	FatalError("daemon fork failed, %s\n", strerror(errno));
	break;
    case 0:
	/* child */
	break;
    default:
	/* parent */
	exit(0);
    }

    if (setsid() == -1)
	FatalError("setting session id for daemon failed: %s\n",
		   strerror(errno));

    chdir("/");

    DetachStdio();
#endif /* HAVE_DAEMON */
}

void
DetachStdio (void)
{
    int nullfd;
    close (0);
    close (1);
    close (2);

    /*
     * Set up the standard file descriptors.
     */
    nullfd = open ("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
    if (nullfd != 0) {
	dup2(nullfd, 0);
	close(nullfd);
    }
    dup2 (0, 1);

#ifdef USE_SYSLOG
    if (UseSyslog) {
	dup2 (0, 2);
	return;
    }
#endif

    /* open/reopen log file on stderr */
    CloseErrors();
    InitErrors();
}