/* daemon - fork and daemonize a process
* Copyright (c) 2004 Michael B. Allen <mba2000 ioplex.com>
*
* The MIT License
*
* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
* copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
* to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
* the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
* and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
* Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
*
* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
* in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
*
* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
* IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
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* OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
*/
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/file.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include "mba/msgno.h"
#include "mba/daemon.h"
FILE *logfp = NULL;
int
daemonlog(const char *fmt, ...) {
va_list ap;
va_start(ap, fmt);
vfprintf(logfp, fmt, ap);
va_end(ap);
fputc('\n', logfp);
fflush(logfp);
return 0;
}
pid_t
daemonize(mode_t mask,
const char *rundir,
const char *pidpath,
const char *lockpath,
const char *logpath)
{
pid_t pid;
int fd;
if (getppid() == 1) { /* already a daemon */
return 0;
}
if ((pid = fork())) {
return pid;
}
/* child (daemon) continues */
setsid(); /* obtain a new process group */
umask(mask); /* set newly created file permissions */
/* close all descriptors */
for (fd = getdtablesize(); fd >= 0; fd--) {
close(fd);
}
/* but stdin, stdout, and stderr are redirected to /dev/null */
if ((fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR)) != 0 || dup(fd) != 1 || dup(fd) != 2) {
return -1;
}
if (logpath) { /* open the logfile */
time_t start = time(NULL);
if ((logfp = fopen(logpath, "a")) == NULL) {
PMNF(errno, ": %s", logpath);
return -1;
}
msgno_hdlr = daemonlog;
daemonlog("log started: %s", ctime(&start));
}
if (lockpath) {
if ((fd = open(lockpath, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0640)) == -1) {
PMNF(errno, ": %s", lockpath);
return -1;
}
if (lockf(fd, F_TLOCK, 0) == -1) { /* can not lock */
PMNF(errno, ": %s: Server already running.", lockpath);
return -1;
}
}
/* first instance continues */
if (pidpath) {
char str[10];
if ((fd = open(pidpath, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0640)) == -1) {
PMNO(errno);
return -1;
}
sprintf(str, "%d\n", getpid());
if (write(fd, str, strlen(str)) == -1) { /* write pid to lockfile */
PMNO(errno);
return -1;
}
close(fd);
}
if (rundir && chdir(rundir) == -1) { /* change running directory */
PMNF(errno, ": %s", rundir);
return -1;
}
signal(SIGTSTP,SIG_IGN); /* ignore tty signals */
signal(SIGTTOU,SIG_IGN);
signal(SIGTTIN,SIG_IGN);
return 0;
}
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