Sld_daemon

Functions
void	sld_daemon_daemonize (char *pid_file_name, char *runas_user, char *runas_group)
	Executes code contained in sld_daemon_start() as a background process using the specified options. More...
void	sld_daemon_start ()
	Wrap code within this function to execute it as a background process. More...
pid_t	sld_daemon_write_pid_file (char *pid_file_name)
	Writes the PID (process ID) to the specified file. More...

Detailed Description

This module contains functions related to daemons.

Function Documentation

void sld_daemon_daemonize	(	char *	pid_file_name,
		char *	runas_user,
		char *	runas_group
	)

Executes code contained in sld_daemon_start() as a background process using the specified options.

Parameters

pid_file_name	path to PID (process ID) file
runas_user	user account to run process as – use NULL to run the process as the current user
runas_group	group to run process as – use NULL to run the process as the current primary group

sld_daemon_daemonize("salad.pid", "foo", "bar");

Examples:

daemon.c.

void sld_daemon_start

(

)

Wrap code within this function to execute it as a background process.

sld_daemon_start()
{
  for(;;)
  {
    do_something();
    sleep(10);
  }
}

Examples:

daemon.c.

pid_t sld_daemon_write_pid_file

(

char *

pid_file_name

)

Writes the PID (process ID) to the specified file.

Parameters

pid_file_name

path to PID (process ID) file

Returns

PID (process ID) of running process

sld_daemon_write_pid_file("salad.pid");