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1/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
2/* nohup - invoke a utility immune to hangups.
3 *
4 * Busybox version based on nohup specification at
5 * http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/utilities/nohup.html
6 *
7 * Copyright 2006 Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
8 * Copyright 2006 Bernhard Reutner-Fischer
9 *
10 * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this source tree.
11 */
12//config:config NOHUP
13//config: bool "nohup"
14//config: default y
15//config: help
16//config: run a command immune to hangups, with output to a non-tty.
17
18//applet:IF_NOHUP(APPLET(nohup, BB_DIR_USR_BIN, BB_SUID_DROP))
19
20//kbuild:lib-$(CONFIG_NOHUP) += nohup.o
21
22//usage:#define nohup_trivial_usage
23//usage: "PROG ARGS"
24//usage:#define nohup_full_usage "\n\n"
25//usage: "Run PROG immune to hangups, with output to a non-tty"
26//usage:
27//usage:#define nohup_example_usage
28//usage: "$ nohup make &"
29
30#include "libbb.h"
31
32/* Compat info: nohup (GNU coreutils 6.8) does this:
33# nohup true
34nohup: ignoring input and appending output to `nohup.out'
35# nohup true 1>/dev/null
36nohup: ignoring input and redirecting stderr to stdout
37# nohup true 2>zz
38# cat zz
39nohup: ignoring input and appending output to `nohup.out'
40# nohup true 2>zz 1>/dev/null
41# cat zz
42nohup: ignoring input
43# nohup true </dev/null 1>/dev/null
44nohup: redirecting stderr to stdout
45# nohup true </dev/null 2>zz 1>/dev/null
46# cat zz
47 (nothing)
48#
49*/
50
51int nohup_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
52int nohup_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
53{
54 const char *nohupout;
55 char *home;
56
57 xfunc_error_retval = 127;
58
59 if (!argv[1]) {
60 bb_show_usage();
61 }
62
63 /* If stdin is a tty, detach from it. */
64 if (isatty(STDIN_FILENO)) {
65 /* bb_error_msg("ignoring input"); */
66 close(STDIN_FILENO);
67 xopen(bb_dev_null, O_RDONLY); /* will be fd 0 (STDIN_FILENO) */
68 }
69
70 nohupout = "nohup.out";
71 /* Redirect stdout to nohup.out, either in "." or in "$HOME". */
72 if (isatty(STDOUT_FILENO)) {
73 close(STDOUT_FILENO);
74 if (open(nohupout, O_CREAT|O_WRONLY|O_APPEND, S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR) < 0) {
75 home = getenv("HOME");
76 if (home) {
77 nohupout = concat_path_file(home, nohupout);
78 xopen3(nohupout, O_CREAT|O_WRONLY|O_APPEND, S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR);
79 } else {
80 xopen(bb_dev_null, O_RDONLY); /* will be fd 1 */
81 }
82 }
83 bb_error_msg("appending output to %s", nohupout);
84 }
85
86 /* If we have a tty on stderr, redirect to stdout. */
87 if (isatty(STDERR_FILENO)) {
88 /* if (stdout_wasnt_a_tty)
89 bb_error_msg("redirecting stderr to stdout"); */
90 dup2(STDOUT_FILENO, STDERR_FILENO);
91 }
92
93 signal(SIGHUP, SIG_IGN);
94
95 argv++;
96 BB_EXECVP_or_die(argv);
97}
98