Source: ../../libxorp/daemon.h
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/*
* Copyright (c) 2001-2008 XORP, Inc.
*
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* which can be found in the XORP LICENSE.lgpl file.
*
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*/
/*
* $XORP: xorp/libxorp/daemon.h,v 1.4 2008/10/02 21:57:30 bms Exp $
*/
#ifndef __LIBXORP_DAEMON_H__
#define __LIBXORP_DAEMON_H__
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
#ifndef _PATH_DEVNULL
#define _PATH_DEVNULL "/dev/null"
#endif
/**
* @short Options for xorp_daemonize().
*/
enum {
DAEMON_CHDIR = 0,
DAEMON_NOCHDIR = 1,
DAEMON_CLOSE = 0,
DAEMON_NOCLOSE = 1
} xorp_daemon_t;
/**
* A local implementation of daemon(3).
*
* Fork a new process and detach from parent in a controlled way, allowing
* XORP processes to run as UNIX daemons.
* Uses the POSIX setsid() to detach from the controlling terminal.
*
* The parent SHOULD use the platform _exit() function to exit.
*
* This function is a no-op under Microsoft Windows.
*
* @param nochdir set to 0 if the process should chdir to / once detached.
* @param noclose set to 0 if the process should close
*
* @return -1 if any error occurred, 0 if we are in the child process,
* otherwise the return value is the child process ID.
*/
int xorp_daemonize(int nochdir, int noclose);
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#endif /* __LIBXORP_DAEMON_H__ */
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