tinc/lib/dropin.c

/*
    dropin.c -- a set of drop-in replacements for libc functions
    Copyright (C) 2000,2001 Ivo Timmermans <itimmermans@bigfoot.com>,
                  2000,2001 Guus Sliepen <guus@sliepen.warande.net>

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

    $Id: dropin.c,v 1.1.2.4 2001/02/06 10:12:51 guus Exp $
*/

#include "config.h"

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>

#include <xalloc.h>

#include <system.h>
#include <errno.h>

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

  Unless the argument nochdir is non-zero, daemon() changes the
  current working directory to the root (``/'').

  Unless the argument noclose is non-zero, daemon() will redirect
  standard input, standard output and standard error to /dev/null.
*/
int daemon(int nochdir, int noclose)
{
  pid_t pid;
  int fd;
  
  pid = fork();
  
  /* Check if forking failed */
  if(pid < 0)
    {
      perror("fork");
      exit(-1);
    }

  /* If we are the parent, terminate */
  if(pid)
    exit(0);

  /* Detach by becoming the new process group leader */
  if(setsid() < 0)
    {
      perror("setsid");
      return -1;
    }
  
  /* Change working directory to the root (to avoid keeping mount
     points busy) */
  if(!nochdir)
    {
      chdir("/");
    }
    
  /* Redirect stdin/out/err to /dev/null */
  if(!noclose)
    {
      fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR);

      if(fd < 0)
        {
          perror("opening /dev/null");
          return -1;
        }
      else
        {
          dup2(fd, 0);
          dup2(fd, 1);
          dup2(fd, 2);
        }
    }
}
#endif




#ifndef HAVE_GET_CURRENT_DIR_NAME
/*
  Replacement for the GNU get_current_dir_name function:

  get_current_dir_name will malloc(3) an array big enough to hold the
  current directory name.  If the environment variable PWD is set, and
  its value is correct, then that value will be returned.
*/
char *get_current_dir_name(void)
{
  size_t size;
  char *buf;
  char *r;

  /* Start with 100 bytes.  If this turns out to be insufficient to
     contain the working directory, double the size.  */
  size = 100;
  buf = xmalloc(size);

  errno = 0; /* Success */
  r = getcwd(buf, size);
  /* getcwd returns NULL and sets errno to ERANGE if the bufferspace
     is insufficient to contain the entire working directory.  */
  while(r == NULL && errno == ERANGE)
    {
      free(buf);
      size <<= 1; /* double the size */
      buf = xmalloc(size);
      r = getcwd(buf, size);
    }

  return buf;
}
#endif