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+.\" Copyright (c) 1993
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+.\"
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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
+.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
+The function
+.Fn daemon
+may fail and set
+.Va errno
+for any of the errors specified for the library functions
+.Xr fork 2
+and 
+.Xr setsid 2 .
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr setsid 2
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Fn daemon
+function first appeared in 4.4BSD.