G::Daemon Class Reference

A static interface for daemonising the calling process. More...

#include <gdaemon.h>

Static Public Member Functions
static void	detach ()
	Detaches from the parent environment. More...
static void	detach (PidFile &pid_file)
	An overload which allows for a delayed write of the new process-id to a file. More...

Detailed Description

A static interface for daemonising the calling process.

Daemonisation includes fork()ing, detaching from the controlling terminal, setting the process umask, etc. The windows implementation does nothing.

See Also

G::Process

Definition at line 42 of file gdaemon.h.

Member Function Documentation

void G::Daemon::detach ( )

static

Detaches from the parent environment.

This typically involves fork()ing, _exit()ing the parent, and calling setsid() in the child.

Definition at line 32 of file gdaemon_unix.cpp.

void G::Daemon::detach ( PidFile &  pid_file )

static

An overload which allows for a delayed write of the new process-id to a file.

A delayed write is useful for network daemons which open a listening port. A second instance of the process will fail on startup, and should not overwrite the pid file of the running server. In this situation PidFile::commit() should be called just before entering the event loop.

Throws PidFile::Error on error.

Definition at line 26 of file gdaemon_unix.cpp.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• /home/graeme/videotools/src/glib/gdaemon.h
• /home/graeme/videotools/src/glib/gdaemon_unix.cpp