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Specify that daemon(3) returns int, and standardise the

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phrasing in the ERRORS section a bit, as well as now specifying
the return status.
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Gary Palmer 1996-06-22 23:46:00 +00:00
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@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
.Nd run in the background
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <stdlib.h>
.Ft int
.Fn daemon "int nochdir" "int noclose"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Pp
@ -59,15 +60,16 @@ is non-zero,
will redirect standard input, standard output and standard error
to ``/dev/null''.
.Sh ERRORS
The function
If an error occurs,
.Fn daemon
may fail and set
returns -1 and sets the global variable
.Va errno
for any of the errors specified for the library functions
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