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diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/daemon.3 b/lib/libc/gen/daemon.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1905923 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/gen/daemon.3 @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. 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 the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``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 REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS 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. +.\" +.\" @(#)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. |