Daemonise.c

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int peerdInit() {

errno = 0;

// Fork so parent can exit and return control to what invoked it pid_t pid = fork(); if (pid > 0) exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); if (pid < 0) exit(logErr("First fork() failed!"));

// Become a new session leader with no controlling term if (setsid() < 0) exit(logErr("setsid() failed!"));

// Fork again to be a non-session-leader which can't gain a controlling term pid = fork(); if (pid > 0) exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); if (pid < 0) exit(logErr("Second fork() failed!"));

// Should be /home/lc(peer) chdir("/home/peerd");

// Don't inherit any file perms mask umask(0);

//close(STDIN_FILENO); //close(STDOUT_FILENO); //close(STDERR_FILENO);

return errno; }