nohup.c

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/* nohup - invoke a utility immune to hangups.
 *
 * Busybox version based on nohup specification at
 * http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/utilities/nohup.html
 *
 * Copyright 2006 Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
 * Copyright 2006 Bernhard Fischer
 *
 * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
 */

#include "libbb.h"

/* Compat info: nohup (GNU coreutils 6.8) does this:
# nohup true
nohup: ignoring input and appending output to `nohup.out'
# nohup true 1>/dev/null
nohup: ignoring input and redirecting stderr to stdout
# nohup true 2>zz
# cat zz
nohup: ignoring input and appending output to `nohup.out'
# nohup true 2>zz 1>/dev/null
# cat zz
nohup: ignoring input
# nohup true </dev/null 1>/dev/null
nohup: redirecting stderr to stdout
# nohup true </dev/null 2>zz 1>/dev/null
# cat zz
  (nothing)
#
*/

int nohup_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
int nohup_main(int argc, char **argv)
{
	const char *nohupout;
	char *home;

	xfunc_error_retval = 127;

	if (argc < 2) bb_show_usage();

	/* If stdin is a tty, detach from it. */
	if (isatty(STDIN_FILENO)) {
		/* bb_error_msg("ignoring input"); */
		close(STDIN_FILENO);
		xopen(bb_dev_null, O_RDONLY); /* will be fd 0 (STDIN_FILENO) */
	}

	nohupout = "nohup.out";
	/* Redirect stdout to nohup.out, either in "." or in "$HOME". */
	if (isatty(STDOUT_FILENO)) {
		close(STDOUT_FILENO);
		if (open(nohupout, O_CREAT|O_WRONLY|O_APPEND, S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR) < 0) {
			home = getenv("HOME");
			if (home) {
				nohupout = concat_path_file(home, nohupout);
				xopen3(nohupout, O_CREAT|O_WRONLY|O_APPEND, S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR);
			} else {
				xopen(bb_dev_null, O_RDONLY); /* will be fd 1 */
			}
		}
		bb_error_msg("appending output to %s", nohupout);
	}

	/* If we have a tty on stderr, redirect to stdout. */
	if (isatty(STDERR_FILENO)) {
		/* if (stdout_wasnt_a_tty)
			bb_error_msg("redirecting stderr to stdout"); */
		dup2(STDOUT_FILENO, STDERR_FILENO);
	}

	signal(SIGHUP, SIG_IGN);

	BB_EXECVP(argv[1], argv+1);
	bb_simple_perror_msg_and_die(argv[1]);
}