discuss: Linux Daemon HOWTO
Subject:
Re: Linux Daemon HOWTO
From:
Colin Watson ####@####.####
Date:
19 May 2004 16:37:20 -0000
Message-Id: <20040519163705.GA19408@riva.ucam.org>
On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 05:45:34PM -0600, Charles Curley wrote:
> /* Change the current working directory */
> if ((chdir("/")) < 0) {
> /* Log failure, then close logs */
>
>
> exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
> }
>
> You should probably log the failure so that the user knows she doesn't
> have a necessary directory. In that case, if you are handling your
> log files yourself, you have to close them gracefully before you exit
> so that the last few entries are preserved.
>
> Also, I doubt you want a daemon to run in /.
You generally do want daemons to chdir("/") before doing anything else.
That way, they don't (for example) stop /home from being unmounted if
you happened to be standing in your home directory when you started the
daemon.
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Colin Watson ####@####.####
