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| -rw-r--r-- | src/daemon.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
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!"); |