Name
daemon — run in the background
Synopsis
#include <unistd.h>
int
daemon( |
int | nochdir, |
| int | noclose); |
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DESCRIPTION
The daemon() function is for
programs wishing to detach themselves from the controlling
terminal and run in the background as system daemons.
Unless the argument nochdir is nonzero,
daemon() changes the current
working directory to the root ("/").
Unless the argument noclose is nonzero,
daemon() will redirect standard
input, standard output and standard error to /dev/null.
RETURN VALUE
(This function forks, and if the fork(2) succeeds, the
parent calls _exit(2), so that further
errors are seen by the child only.) On success zero will be
returned. If an error occurs, daemon() returns −1 and sets the
global variable errno to any of
the errors specified for the fork(2) and setsid(2).
CONFORMING TO
Not in POSIX.1-2001. A similar function appears on the
BSDs. The daemon() function
first appeared in 4.4BSD.
NOTES
The glibc implementation can also return −1 when
/dev/null exists but is not a
character device with the expected major and minor numbers.
In this case errno need not be
set.
COLOPHON
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