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28 * From BSDI: daemon.c,v 1.2 1996/08/15 01:11:09 jch Exp
29 * $FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.c,v 1.1.2.1 2002/08/28 17:25:54 sheldonh Exp $
30 * $DragonFly: src/usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.c,v 1.4 2004/12/21 23:30:57 liamfoy Exp $
33 #include <sys/types.h>
41 static void usage(void);
44 main(int argc
, char *argv
[])
46 int ch
, nochdir
, noclose
, errcode
;
50 nochdir
= noclose
= 1;
53 while ((ch
= getopt(argc
, argv
, "cfp:")) != -1) {
75 * Try to open the pidfile before calling daemon(3),
76 * to be able to report the error intelligently
79 pidf
= fopen(pidfile
, "w");
81 err(1, "pidfile ``%s''", pidfile
);
84 if (daemon(nochdir
, noclose
) == -1)
85 err(1, "daemon failed");
87 /* Now that we are the child, write out the pid */
89 fprintf(pidf
, "%ld\n", (long)getpid());
93 execvp(argv
[0], argv
);
96 * execvp() failed -- unlink pidfile if any, and
99 errcode
= errno
; /* Preserve errcode -- unlink may reset it */
103 /* The child is now running, so the exit status doesn't matter. */
104 errc(1, errcode
, "%s", argv
[0]);
110 fprintf(stderr
, "usage: daemon [-cf] [-p pidfile] command arguments ...\n");