Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 09:53:21 +0200 From: Mark Santcroos <marks@ripe.net> To: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Proposed Utility - detach(1) Message-ID: <20010826095321.A2037@laptop.6bone.nl> In-Reply-To: <20010824141955.B64018@coffee.q9media.com>; from mike@FreeBSD.ORG on Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 02:19:55PM -0400 References: <20010824141955.B64018@coffee.q9media.com>
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[ replying to the total thread ] BSD/OS already has daemon(8) for years that just runs daemon(3). I don't think it is necessary to change nohup, and go with the way BSD/OS did it. Mark ps. the manpage: daemon(8) BSD System Manager's Manual daemon(8) NAME daemon - run detached from the controlling terminal SYNOPSIS daemon [-cf] command arguments ... DESCRIPTION The daemon utility detaches itself from the controlling terminal and exec(3)'s the program specified by its arguments. The options are as follows: -c Change the current working directory to the root (``/''). -f Redirect standard input, standard output and standard error to /dev/null. The daemon utility exits 1 if an error is returned by the daemon(3) li- brary routine, otherwise 0. If the command cannot be exec'd, an error message is displayed on standard error unless the -f flag is specified. On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 02:19:55PM -0400, Mike Barcroft wrote: > I would appreciate comments on the usefulness of a utility which would > allow one to detach a process from a TTY. I imagine the utility would > be very small and just call daemon(3) and execlp(3). > > Would a utility like this be useful? Is this functionality already > available in a system utility? > > > Best regards, > Mike Barcroft > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message -- Mark Santcroos RIPE Network Coordination Centre http://www.ripe.net/home/mark/ New Projects Group/TTM To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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