On Fri, 25 Sep 1998, Paul Brown wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> a relatively simple question:
>
> I am just about fnished writing a daemon, and would like to know how i
> can make the program fork into
> the background automatically..
>
> ie, instead of this:
>
> #> ./daemon &
> #>
>
> i would like this:
>
> #> ./daemon
> #>
>
> Although it is written in perl i am sure the theory is the same...
>
> thanks for any help you have to offer
>
> cheers
> paul
>
in C:
main(){
close(0); // it is good but not required
if(fork()) exit(0); // father process will exit and leave child to run
// your code here
};
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Best wishes,
Marcel - Titus MARGINEAN
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