Crate fork

Library for creating a new process detached from the controlling terminal (daemon).

Example:

use fork::{daemon, Fork};
use std::process::Command;

if let Ok(Fork::Child) = daemon(false, false) {
   Command::new("sleep")
       .arg("3")
       .output()
       .expect("failed to execute process");
}

Enums

Fork

Fork result

Functions

chdir

Change dir to / see chdir(2)

close_fd

Close file descriptors stdin,stdout,stderr

daemon

The daemon function is for programs wishing to detach themselves from the controlling terminal and run in the background as system daemons.

fork

Create a new child process see fork(2)

getpgrp

The process group of the current process see getgrp(2)

setsid

Create session and set process group ID see setsid(2)

waitpid

Wait for process to change status see wait(2)