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authorsvn2git <svn2git@FreeBSD.org>1994-05-01 08:00:00 +0000
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+.\" Copyright (c) 1994 Christoph M. Robitschko
+.\" 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 Christoph M. Robitschko
+.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
+.\" derived from this software withough specific prior written permission
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``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 AUTHOR 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.
+.\"
+.\" $Id: daemon.3,v 1.2 1994/02/23 09:56:40 rgrimes Exp $
+.\"
+.Dd January 28, 1994
+.Dt daemon 3
+.Os FreeBSD
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm daemon
+.Nd become a daemon process
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Ft int
+.Fn daemon "int nochdir" "int noclose"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn daemon
+function makes the calling process into a daemon process: it forks and
+continues as the child process (while the parent exits with a 0 exit value) ,
+creates a new session, disassociates itself from the controlling terminal,
+closes stdin, stdout and stderr (unless
+.Fa noclose
+is nonzero) and changes the working directory to the root directory (unless
+.Fa nochdir
+is nonzero).
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+.Fn daemon
+returns -1 if the fork failed, or 0 otherwise.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr fork 2 ,
+.Xr exit 2 ,
+.Xr setsid 2 ,
+.Xr chdir 2
+.Sh FILES
+.Pa /usr/lib/libutil.a
+The name of the library these functions are part of.