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- /*-
- * Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
- * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
- * are met:
- * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
- * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
- * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
- * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
- * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
- * 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
- * must display the following acknowledgement:
- * This product includes software developed by the University of
- * California, Berkeley and its contributors.
- * 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
- * may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
- * without specific prior written permission.
- *
- * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
- * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
- * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
- * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
- * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
- * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
- * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
- * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
- * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
- * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
- * SUCH DAMAGE.
- */
-
- #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
- static char sccsid[] = "@(#)daemon.c 5.3 (Berkeley) 12/28/90";
- #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
-
- #include <fcntl.h>
-
- /* From unistd.h */
- #define STDIN_FILENO 0
- #define STDOUT_FILENO 1
- #define STDERR_FILENO 2
-
- /* From paths.h */
- #define _PATH_DEVNULL "/dev/null"
-
- daemon(nochdir, noclose)
- int nochdir, noclose;
- {
- int cpid;
-
- if ((cpid = fork()) == -1)
- return (-1);
- if (cpid)
- exit(0);
- (void) setsid();
- if (!nochdir)
- (void) chdir("/");
- if (!noclose) {
- int devnull = open(_PATH_DEVNULL, O_RDWR, 0);
-
- if (devnull != -1) {
- (void) dup2(devnull, STDIN_FILENO);
- (void) dup2(devnull, STDOUT_FILENO);
- (void) dup2(devnull, STDERR_FILENO);
- if (devnull > 2)
- (void) close(devnull);
- }
- }
- return(0);
- }
-