freebsd-dev/usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.c
Mike Barcroft bd06a3ec97 Add a new utility that runs an executable detached from the
controlling terminal.

Discussed on:	-hackers
Obtained from:	BSD/OS
2001-08-30 04:48:02 +00:00

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/*-
* 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
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* 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.
*
* From BSDI: daemon.c,v 1.2 1996/08/15 01:11:09 jch Exp
* $FreeBSD$
*/
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <err.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
static void usage(void);
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int ch, nochdir, noclose;
nochdir = noclose = 1;
while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "-cf")) != -1) {
switch (ch) {
case 'c':
nochdir = 0;
break;
case 'f':
noclose = 0;
break;
case '?':
default:
usage();
}
}
argc -= optind;
argv += optind;
if (argc == 0)
usage();
if (daemon(nochdir, noclose) == -1)
err(1, NULL);
execvp(argv[0], argv);
/* The child is now running, so the exit status doesn't matter. */
err(1, "%s", argv[0]);
}
static void
usage(void)
{
(void)fprintf(stderr, "usage: daemon [-cf] command arguments ...\n");
exit(1);
}