Difference between revisions of "Daemonise.c"

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// Convert running program into a system daemon
 
// Convert running program into a system daemon
pid_t pid;
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pid_t pid = fork();
int hNull;
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if (pid > 0) exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 
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if (pid < 0) exit(logErr("First fork() failed!");
if ((pid = fork()) < 0) {
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if (setsid() < 0) exit(logErr("setsid() failed!");
logAdd("fork()");
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if (pid > 0) exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
//shutdown(evListen->h, 2); ???
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if (pid < 0) exit(logErr("Second fork() failed!");
//return errno;
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chdir("/");
} else if (pid) return 0;
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umask(0);
 
 
 
close(STDIN_FILENO);
 
close(STDIN_FILENO);
 
close(STDOUT_FILENO);
 
close(STDOUT_FILENO);
 
close(STDERR_FILENO);
 
close(STDERR_FILENO);
 
hNull = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
 
dup2(hNull, STDIN_FILENO);
 
dup2(hNull, STDOUT_FILENO);
 
dup2(hNull, STDERR_FILENO);
 
 
if (hNull > STDERR_FILENO) close(hNull);
 
 
setsid();
 

Revision as of 11:21, 21 July 2006

// Convert running program into a system daemon pid_t pid = fork(); if (pid > 0) exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); if (pid < 0) exit(logErr("First fork() failed!"); if (setsid() < 0) exit(logErr("setsid() failed!"); if (pid > 0) exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); if (pid < 0) exit(logErr("Second fork() failed!"); chdir("/"); umask(0); close(STDIN_FILENO); close(STDOUT_FILENO); close(STDERR_FILENO);