- close stdout and stderr and reopen then as /dev/null when running as

[rsync/rsync.git] / socket.c

diff --git a/socket.c b/socket.c
index 98093fc..f8d4659 100644 (file)
--- a/socket.c
+++ b/socket.c
@@ -281,6 +281,8 @@ become a daemon, discarding the controlling terminal
 ****************************************************************************/
 void become_daemon(void)
 {
+       int i;
+
        if (fork())
                _exit(0);
 
@@ -299,9 +301,12 @@ void become_daemon(void)
        }
 #endif /* TIOCNOTTY */
 #endif
-       close(0);
-       close(1);
-       close(2);
+       /* make sure that stdin, stdout an stderr don't stuff things
+           up (library functions, for example) */
+       for (i=0;i<3;i++) {
+               close(i); 
+               open("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
+       }
 }
 
 /*******************************************************************