daemon.c

/*    $Header: /cvsroot/wikipedia/willow/src/bin/willow/daemon.c,v 1.1 2005/05/02 19:15:21 kateturner Exp $    */
/*    $NetBSD: daemon.c,v 1.9 2003/08/07 16:42:46 agc Exp $    */
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#if defined __SUNPRO_C || defined __DECC || defined __HP_cc
# pragma ident "@(#)$Header: /cvsroot/wikipedia/willow/src/bin/willow/daemon.c,v 1.1 2005/05/02 19:15:21 kateturner Exp $"
# pragma ident "$NetBSD: daemon.c,v 1.9 2003/08/07 16:42:46 agc Exp $"
#endif

#include "config.h"

#include <fcntl.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#include "memcached.h"

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

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

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

    if (nochdir == 0) {
        if(chdir("/") != 0) {
            perror("chdir");
            return (-1);
        }
    }

    if (noclose == 0 && (fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR, 0)) != -1) {
        if(dup2(fd, STDIN_FILENO) < 0) {
            perror("dup2 stdin");
            return (-1);
        }
        if(dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO) < 0) {
            perror("dup2 stdout");
            return (-1);
        }
        if(dup2(fd, STDERR_FILENO) < 0) {
            perror("dup2 stderr");
            return (-1);
        }

        if (fd > STDERR_FILENO) {
            if(close(fd) < 0) {
                perror("close");
                return (-1);
            }
        }
    }
    return (0);
}