From 59e62d95bd7746cfebb9458ec17d216d9b86633e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Max Kellermann <max@duempel.org>
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!");