NAME

fuse_daemonize — run in the background

SYNOPSIS

#include <fuse.h>

int
fuse_daemonize(int foreground);

DESCRIPTION

If foreground is 0, fuse_daemonize() will detach from the controlling terminal and run in the background as a system daemon. Otherwise, the process will continue to run in the foreground.

The current working directory is changed to the root (/) and standard input; standard output and standard error are redirected to /dev/null.

RETURN VALUES

Upon success, fuse_daemonize() returns 0; otherwise -1 is returned.

ERRORS

fuse_daemonize() can fail for the same reasons as daemon(3).

SEE ALSO

daemon(3), fuse_parse_cmdline(3)

STANDARDS

The fuse_daemonize() function conforms to FUSE 2.6.

HISTORY

The fuse_daemonize() function first appeared in OpenBSD 5.4.

AUTHORS

Sylvestre Gallon <ccna.syl@gmail.com>