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-rw-r--r-- | pullreqd.c | 14 |
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@@ -7,3 +7,17 @@ #include <sys/type.h> #include <syslog.h> #include <unistd.h> + +pid_t fork_proc() { + /* Fork off the parent. */ + pid_t pid = fork(); + + /* The process id is non zero, so it must be the parent process. */ + if (pid) { + /* Exit with EXIT_FAILURE if the parent's pid is + * negative, otherwise exit with EXIT_SUCCESS. + */ + exit((pid < 0) ? EXIT_FAILURE : EXIT_SUCCESS); + } + return pid; +} |