From 6fa2f09167345ff3d8292e59e0dc6957a66012d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mike Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 04:48:02 +0000 Subject: Add a new utility that runs an executable detached from the controlling terminal. Discussed on: -hackers Obtained from: BSD/OS --- usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8 | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 73 insertions(+) create mode 100644 usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8 (limited to 'usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8') diff --git a/usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8 b/usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3a23f54 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8 @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Berkeley Software Design, Inc. 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. Berkeley Software Design Inc's name may not be used to endorse or +.\" promote products derived from this software without specific prior +.\" written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY BERKELEY SOFTWARE DESIGN INC ``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 BERKELEY SOFTWARE DESIGN INC 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. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd August 30, 2001 +.Dt DAEMON 8 +.Os BSD 3 +.Sh NAME +.Nm daemon +.Nd run detached from the controlling terminal +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm daemon +.Op Fl cf +.Ar "command arguments ..." +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Pp +The +.Nm +utility detaches itself from the controlling terminal and +executes the program specified by its arguments. +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl c +Change the current working directory to the root (``/''). +.It Fl f +Redirect standard input, standard output and standard error to +.Pa /dev/null . +.El +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +The +.Nm +utility exits 1 if an error is returned by the +.Xr daemon 3 +library routine, otherwise 0. +If the command cannot be executed, an error message is displayed on +standard error unless the +.Fl f +flag is specified. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr daemon 3 , +.Xr exec 3 , +.Xr termios 4 , +.Xr tty 4 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +utility first appeared in +.Fx 5.0 . -- cgit v1.1