src/common/daemonize.h

/*****************************************************************************\
 * src/slurmd/daemonize.h - function definition for making a daemon
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#ifndef _HAVE_DAEMONIZE_H
#define _HAVE_DAEMONIZE_H

/* fork process into background and inherit new session
 * if nochdir is 0, performs a chdir("/")
 * if noclose is 0, closes all fds and dups stdout/err of daemon onto /dev/null
 *
 * returns -1 on error.
 */
extern int daemon(int nochdir, int noclose);

/* Write pid into file pidfile if uid is not 0 change the owner of the
 * pidfile to that user.
 */
extern int create_pidfile(const char *pidfilename, uid_t uid);

/*
 * Attempt to read an old pid from the configured pidfile
 * Returns 0 if no pidfile exists (No running process)
 * If pidfilefd is not NULL, returns open file descriptor for
 * pidfile (when pid != 0).
 */
extern pid_t read_pidfile(const char *pidfilename, int *pidfilefd);

/*
 * Test for a core file limit. If small then log it.
 */
extern void test_core_limit(void);

#endif /* !_HAVE_DAEMONIZE_H */