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-.\" Copyright (c) 1993
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-.\" @(#)daemon.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
-.Dd June 9, 1993
-.Dt DAEMON 3
-.Os
-.Sh NAME
-.Nm daemon
-.Nd run in the background
-.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Fd #include <stdlib.h>
-.Ft int
-.Fn daemon "int nochdir" "int noclose"
-.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Pp
-The
-.Fn daemon
-function is for programs wishing to detach themselves from the
-controlling terminal and run in the background as system daemons.
-.Pp
-Unless the argument
-.Fa nochdir
-is non-zero,
-.Fn daemon
-changes the current working directory to the root (``/'').
-.Pp
-Unless the argument
-.Fa noclose
-is non-zero,
-.Fn daemon
-will redirect standard input, standard output and standard error
-to ``/dev/null''.
-.Sh ERRORS
-If an error occurs,
-.Fn daemon
-returns -1 and sets the global variable
-.Va errno
-to any of the errors specified for the library functions
-.Xr fork 2
-and
-.Xr setsid 2 .
-.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr fork 2 ,
-.Xr setsid 2
-.Sh HISTORY
-The
-.Fn daemon
-function first appeared in
-.Bx 4.4 .
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