Merge branch 'rs/daemon-fixes' into maint
[gitweb.git] / setup.c
diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index 5e553060830132dcb912d19cea5d88e699cb7230..0a22f8bd1d631fe5f0afe1d84162ca4064a00e4f 100644 (file)
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -841,3 +841,27 @@ void sanitize_stdfds(void)
        if (fd > 2)
                close(fd);
 }
+
+int daemonize(void)
+{
+#ifdef NO_POSIX_GOODIES
+       errno = ENOSYS;
+       return -1;
+#else
+       switch (fork()) {
+               case 0:
+                       break;
+               case -1:
+                       die_errno("fork failed");
+               default:
+                       exit(0);
+       }
+       if (setsid() == -1)
+               die_errno("setsid failed");
+       close(0);
+       close(1);
+       close(2);
+       sanitize_stdfds();
+       return 0;
+#endif
+}