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2 * This file is part of DisOrder.
3 * Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 Richard Kettlewell
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18 /** @file server/daemonize.c
19 * @brief Go into background
22 #include "disorder-server.h"
24 /** @brief Go into background
25 * @param tag Message tag, or NULL
26 * @param fac Logging facility
27 * @param pidfile Where to store PID, or NULL
29 * Become a daemon. stdout/stderr are lost and DisOrder's logging is
30 * redirected to syslog. It is assumed that there are no FDs beyond 2
33 void daemonize(const char *tag
, int fac
, const char *pidfile
) {
38 D(("daemonize tag=%s fac=%d pidfile=%s",
39 tag ? tag
: "NULL", fac
, pidfile ? pidfile
: "NULL"));
40 /* make sure that FDs 0, 1, 2 all at least exist (and get a
43 if((dn
= open("/dev/null", O_RDWR
, 0)) < 0)
44 disorder_fatal(errno
, "error opening /dev/null");
48 /* Parent process. Wait for the first child to finish, then
49 * return to the caller. */
51 while((r
= waitpid(pid
, &w
, 0)) == -1 && errno
== EINTR
)
53 if(r
< 0) disorder_fatal(errno
, "error calling waitpid");
55 disorder_error(0, "subprocess exited with wait status %#x", (unsigned)w
);
58 /* First child process. This will be the session leader, and will
60 D(("first child pid=%lu", (unsigned long)getpid()));
62 disorder_fatal(errno
, "error calling setsid");
63 /* we'll log to syslog */
64 openlog(tag
, LOG_PID
, fac
);
65 log_default
= &log_syslog
;
66 /* stdin/out/err we lose */
74 /* second child. Write a pidfile if someone wanted it. */
75 D(("second child pid=%lu", (unsigned long)getpid()));
77 if(!(fp
= fopen(pidfile
, "w"))
78 || fprintf(fp
, "%lu\n", (unsigned long)getpid()) < 0
80 disorder_fatal(errno
, "error creating %s", pidfile
);