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| author | svn2git <svn2git@FreeBSD.org> | 1994-05-01 08:00:00 +0000 |
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| committer | svn2git <svn2git@FreeBSD.org> | 1994-05-01 08:00:00 +0000 |
| commit | a16f65c7d117419bd266c28a1901ef129a337569 (patch) | |
| tree | 2626602f66dc3551e7a7c7bc9ad763c3bc7ab40a /lib/libutil/daemon.3 | |
| parent | 8503f4f13f77abf7adc8f7e329c6f9c1d52b6a20 (diff) | |
Release FreeBSD 1.1upstream/1.1.0_cvsrelease/1.1.0_cvs
This commit was manufactured to restore the state of the 1.1-RELEASE image.
Releases prior to 5.3-RELEASE are omitting the secure/ and crypto/ subdirs.
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diff --git a/lib/libutil/daemon.3 b/lib/libutil/daemon.3 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b9ddbd9e4d8c --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libutil/daemon.3 @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +.\" 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. |
