nim-cli-utils/cliutils/daemonize.nim

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Nim

import posix
import os except sleep
## Daemonize
var
pidFileInner: string
fi, fo, fe: File
proc onStop(sig: cint) {.noconv.} =
close(fi)
close(fo)
close(fe)
removeFile(pidFileInner)
quit(QuitSuccess)
proc daemonize*(pidfile, si, so, se: string, daemonMain: proc(): void): Pid =
if fileExists(pidfile):
raise newException(IOError, "pidfile " & pidfile & " already exists, daemon already running?")
# We're about to do a little dance to end up with a process that is
# disconnected from the calling program's process group and is not a session
# leader (a daemon process).
#
# Remember, after a call to fork the code is now running in two processes,
# the parent process and the child process. So the returned PID will be a
# positive value if we are still on the parent process, and represents the
# PID of the newly created process. If we are on the newly created process,
# the PID returned with be 0.
let pid1 = fork()
# Are we the child process?
if pid1 == 0:
# Yes, so let's get ready to execute the main code given to us. Note that
# this child process will not actually live long. As part of our setup,
# we're going to create a new process session, resulting in this child
# process being the process group owner and session leader. We don't our
# daemon process to be a session leader because that allows it to be
# connected to a terminal. So after we've setup the new process group we
# will fork again and actually run the logic we're daemonizing in the
# grandchild process.
# Ignore whatever the original working directory was.
discard chdir("/")
# Create a new session to decouple us from the original terminal.
discard setsid()
# Set the process file mode creation mask to 0000
discard umask(0)
# Fork again so the grandchild process will not be the session leader.
let pid2 = fork()
# If we're still on the child process, we're done.
if pid2 > 0: quit(QuitSuccess)
# Otherwise, if we are the grandchild let's finish setting up our
# environment.
flushFile(stdout)
flushFile(stderr)
# Setup our STDIN, STDERR, and STDOUT pipes (if given)
if si.len > 0:
fi = open(si, fmRead)
discard dup2(getFileHandle(fi), getFileHandle(stdin))
if so.len > 0:
fo = open(so, fmAppend)
discard dup2(getFileHandle(fo), getFileHandle(stdout))
if se.len > 0:
fe = open(se, fmAppend)
discard dup2(getFileHandle(fe), getFileHandle(stderr))
# Keep a record of the PID filename in our process memory so we can
# reference it in our cleanup hooks.
pidFileInner = pidfile
# Add hooks to cleanup after ourselves when we're asked to die.
signal(SIGINT, onStop)
signal(SIGTERM, onStop)
# Find out what our actual PID is and save it to the PID file.
let childPid = getpid()
writeFile(pidfile, $childPid)
# Finally, execute the logic given to us to daemonize
daemonMain()
# If we're not the child proces, return the new PID of the daemonized process
return pid1