pullreqd.c


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#include <signal.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#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;
}

void child_handler(int sig_num) {
	signal(SIGCHLD, child_handler);
}