source: MondoRescue/branches/3.3/mindi-busybox/miscutils/setsid.c@ 3621

Last change on this file since 3621 was 3621, checked in by Bruno Cornec, 7 years ago

New 3?3 banch for incorporation of latest busybox 1.25. Changing minor version to handle potential incompatibilities.

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1/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
2/*
3 * setsid.c -- execute a command in a new session
4 * Rick Sladkey <jrs@world.std.com>
5 * In the public domain.
6 *
7 * 1999-02-22 Arkadiusz Mickiewicz <misiek@pld.ORG.PL>
8 * - added Native Language Support
9 *
10 * 2001-01-18 John Fremlin <vii@penguinpowered.com>
11 * - fork in case we are process group leader
12 *
13 * 2004-11-12 Paul Fox
14 * - busyboxed
15 */
16
17//usage:#define setsid_trivial_usage
18//usage: "[-c] PROG ARGS"
19//usage:#define setsid_full_usage "\n\n"
20//usage: "Run PROG in a new session. PROG will have no controlling terminal\n"
21//usage: "and will not be affected by keyboard signals (^C etc).\n"
22//usage: "\n -c Set controlling terminal to stdin"
23
24#include "libbb.h"
25
26int setsid_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
27int setsid_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
28{
29 unsigned opt;
30
31 opt_complementary = "-1"; /* at least one arg */
32 opt = getopt32(argv, "+c"); /* +: stop on first non-opt */
33 argv += optind;
34
35 /* setsid() is allowed only when we are not a process group leader.
36 * Otherwise our PID serves as PGID of some existing process group
37 * and cannot be used as PGID of a new process group.
38 *
39 * Example: setsid() below fails when run alone in interactive shell:
40 * $ setsid PROG
41 * because shell's child (setsid) is put in a new process group.
42 * But doesn't fail if shell is not interactive
43 * (and therefore doesn't create process groups for pipes),
44 * or if setsid is not the first process in the process group:
45 * $ true | setsid PROG
46 * or if setsid is executed in backquotes (`setsid PROG`)...
47 */
48 if (setsid() < 0) {
49 pid_t pid = fork_or_rexec(argv);
50 if (pid != 0) {
51 /* parent */
52 /* TODO:
53 * we can waitpid(pid, &status, 0) and then even
54 * emulate exitcode, making the behavior consistent
55 * in both forked and non forked cases.
56 * However, the code is larger and upstream
57 * does not do such trick.
58 */
59 return EXIT_SUCCESS;
60 }
61
62 /* child */
63 /* now there should be no error: */
64 setsid();
65 }
66
67 if (opt) {
68 /* -c: set (with stealing) controlling tty */
69 ioctl(0, TIOCSCTTY, 1);
70 }
71
72 BB_EXECVP_or_die(argv);
73}
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