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/*
* Copyright (C) 2022 The University of Notre Dame
* This software is distributed under the GNU General Public License.
* See the file COPYING for details.
*/
#ifndef DAEMON_H
#define DAEMON_H
/** Daemonize the current process.
*
* This involves creating a new process in a new session. The current
* directory is changed to root, "/". The process umask is set to 0.
* All open file descriptors are closed. stdin, stdout, and stderr
* are opened to "/dev/null".
*
* daemonize writes the daemon process ID to pidfile before changing
* directories.
*
* @param cdroot Change to root directory of filesystem.
* @param pidfile PID file for daemon.
*
*/
void daemonize (int cdroot, const char *pidfile);
#endif /* DAEMONIZE_H */
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