/* godaemon.c
*
* Copyright 2003 - 2009, Michael Robinton <michael@bizsystems.com>
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <signal.h>
/* detach this process */
static __inline void godaemon(void) {
extern char devnull[];
pid_t pid;
/* suppress annoying compiler warnings */
int discard;
if ((pid = fork()) != 0)
exit(0); /* parent exits */
setsid(); /* become session leader */
/* signal(SIGHUP,SIG_IGN); set in signal handler */
if ((pid = fork()) != 0) /* double fork */
exit(0); /* 1st child exits */
discard = chdir("/");
/* redirect stdin/stdout/stderr to /dev/null */
close(0);
close(1);
close(2);
open(devnull, O_RDWR);
discard = dup(0);
discard = dup(0);
return;
}
/* detach child
* return PID to parent, 0 to child
*/
static __inline int forkchild(void) {
extern char err26[];
pid_t pid;
if((pid = fork()) > 0)
return(pid); /* parent */
if(pid < 0) { /* error, log and fail */
LogPrint(err26);
CleanExit(0);
}
return(0);
}