daemon() in libc [PSARC/2009/444 FastTrack timeout 08/24/2009]

[Gary Winiger]

> DESCRIPTION

>      If the nochdir option is other than zero the working directory will
>      not be changed to the root directory, otherwise it will be.

        Is this / or ~root?

> RETURN VALUES
>      Upon successful completion, daemon() returns 0. Otherwise it returns -1.

        What are the failure modes?  Is errno set?

        Clarifications in the man page would be helpful.

Gary..