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This is a simple implementation of daemonizing a process.
A Daemon process is one which runs continously in the background and it can't be killed.
A Daemon process is one which runs continously in the background and it can't be killed.
//process.c
/*Compile this as
gcc -o process process.c
*/
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int n = 0 ;
while(1)
{
n++;
printf("%d",n);
sleep(1000000);
}
}
//daemon.c
/* Run this as
gcc daemon.c
./a.out process
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <syslog.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/resource.h>
void daemonize(const char *cmd)
{
int i, fd0, fd1, fd2;
pid_t pid;
struct rlimit rl;
struct sigaction sa;
umask(0); //Set file creation mask to zero
//Get maximum number of file descriptors.
if (getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rl) < 0)
{
printf("%s: can't get file limit", cmd);
exit(0);
}
//Become a session leader
if ((pid = fork()) < 0)
{
printf("%s: can't fork", cmd);
exit(0);
}
else if (pid != 0) /* parent */
exit(0);
setsid();
//Ensure future opens won't allocate controlling TTYs.
sa.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
sa.sa_flags = 0;
if (sigaction(SIGHUP, &sa, NULL) < 0)
{
printf("Can't ignore SIGHUP");
exit(0);
}
if ((pid = fork()) < 0)
{
printf("%s: can't fork", cmd);
exit(0);
}
else if (pid != 0) /* parent */
exit(0);
/*
* Change the current working directory to the root so
* we won't prevent file systems from being unmounted.
*/
if (chdir("/") < 0)
{
printf("Can't change directory to /");
exit(0);
}
//Close all open file descriptors.
if (rl.rlim_max == RLIM_INFINITY)
rl.rlim_max = 1024;
for (i = 0; i < rl.rlim_max; i++)
close(i);
//Attach file descriptors 0, 1, and 2 to /dev/null.
fd0 = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
fd1 = dup(0);
fd2 = dup(0);
//Initialize the log file.
openlog(cmd, LOG_CONS, LOG_DAEMON);
if (fd0 != 0 || fd1 != 1 || fd2 != 2)
{
printf("unexpected file descriptors %d %d %d",fd0, fd1, fd2);
exit(1);
}
}
int main(int argc , char **argv)
{
if(argc != 2)
{
printf("Usage : %s <process-name>",argv[0]);
exit(0);
}
daemonize(argv[1]);
}
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