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From: rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Proper way to detach from control terminal?
Message-ID: <1430@papaya.bbn.com>
Date: 28 Jan 89 16:18:30 GMT
References: <5333@brspyr1.BRS.Com> <908@auspex.UUCP>
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 I would like to know if there is a "proper" way to detach a process from
 its   control   terminal  (once  it  has  fork'ed  and  the  parent  has
 terminated).

In <908@auspex.UUCP> guy@auspex.UUCP (Guy Harris) writes:
 Well, it depends on which flavor of UNIX you're using....
 Dave Lennert (formerly of HP, now of Sequent - right, Dave?) wrote a
 fairly detailed paper on "how to write a daemon", going into details
 about these sorts of things on various UNIX flavors.  I think it
 appeared in one of the UNIX magazines within the past few months.

Dave's article (which is excellent!) appaeared in \fI;login:\fP
the Usenix newsletter.  Volume 12, number 4 (July/August 1987).

Back issues might be available, contact uunet!usenix!office.
	/rich $alz
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