From 59e62d95bd7746cfebb9458ec17d216d9b86633e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Max Kellermann Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:28:39 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] daemon: added comments to daemonize_detach() --- src/daemon.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/daemon.c b/src/daemon.c index 3cf81911e..51503bc7a 100644 --- a/src/daemon.c +++ b/src/daemon.c @@ -131,18 +131,27 @@ daemonize_detach(void) { pid_t pid; + /* flush all file handles before duplicating the buffers */ + fflush(NULL); + /* detach from parent process */ + pid = fork(); if (pid < 0) g_error("fork() failed: %s", g_strerror(errno)); if (pid > 0) + /* exit the parent process */ _exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); + /* release the current working directory */ + if (chdir("/") < 0) g_error("problems changing to root directory"); + /* detach from the current session */ + setsid(); g_debug("daemonized!");