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In stdlib.h, there is a daemon() function, but I could not find the
implementation of this function in the source tree. Could anyone give a
clue? Thanks.

Cheng

[ daemon.c 2K ]
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 * $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/gen/daemon.c,v 1.3 2000/01/27 23:06:14 jasone Exp $
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#if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)

#endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */

#include <fcntl.h>
#include <paths.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int
daemon(nochdir, noclose)
        int nochdir, noclose;
{
        int fd;

        switch (fork()) {
        case -1:
                return (-1);
        case 0:
                break;
        default:
                _exit(0);
        }

        if (setsid() == -1)
                return (-1);

        if (!nochdir)
                (void)chdir("/");

        if (!noclose && (fd = _open(_PATH_DEVNULL, O_RDWR, 0)) != -1) {
                (void)dup2(fd, STDIN_FILENO);
                (void)dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
                (void)dup2(fd, STDERR_FILENO);
                if (fd > 2)
                        (void)_close(fd);
        }
        return (0);

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