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Имя (Name)

daemon - run in the background

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Синопсис (Synopsis)

#include <unistd.h>

       int daemon(int nochdir, int noclose);

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
   feature_test_macros(7)):

       daemon():
           Since glibc 2.21:
               _DEFAULT_SOURCE
           In glibc 2.19 and 2.20:
               _DEFAULT_SOURCE || (_XOPEN_SOURCE && _XOPEN_SOURCE < 500)
           Up to and including glibc 2.19:
               _BSD_SOURCE || (_XOPEN_SOURCE && _XOPEN_SOURCE < 500)

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Описание (Description)

The daemon() function is for programs wishing to detach
       themselves from the controlling terminal and run in the
       background as system daemons.

       If nochdir is zero, daemon() changes the process's current
       working directory to the root directory ("/"); otherwise, the
       current working directory is left unchanged.

       If noclose is zero, daemon() redirects standard input, standard
       output, and standard error to /dev/null; otherwise, no changes
       are made to these file descriptors.

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Возвращаемое значение (Return value)

(This function forks, and if the fork(2) succeeds, the parent
       calls _exit(2), so that further errors are seen by the child
       only.)  On success daemon() returns zero.  If an error occurs,
       daemon() returns -1 and sets errno to any of the errors specified
       for the fork(2) and setsid(2).

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Атрибуты (Attributes)

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).

       ┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │Interface                             │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │daemon()                              │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

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Стандарты (Conforming to)

Not in POSIX.1.  A similar function appears on the BSDs.  The
       daemon() function first appeared in 4.4BSD.

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Примечание (Note)

The glibc implementation can also return -1 when /dev/null exists
       but is not a character device with the expected major and minor
       numbers.  In this case, errno need not be set.

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Ошибки (баги) (Bugs)

The GNU C library implementation of this function was taken from
       BSD, and does not employ the double-fork technique (i.e.,
       fork(2), setsid(2), fork(2)) that is necessary to ensure that the
       resulting daemon process is not a session leader.  Instead, the
       resulting daemon is a session leader.  On systems that follow
       System V semantics (e.g., Linux), this means that if the daemon
       opens a terminal that is not already a controlling terminal for
       another session, then that terminal will inadvertently become the
       controlling terminal for the daemon.

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Смотри также (See also)

fork(2), setsid(2), daemon(7), logrotate(8)

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