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authorDenys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>2017-04-12 13:58:40 +0200
committerDenys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>2017-04-12 13:58:40 +0200
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Sort some miscutils/ applets into coreutils or util-linux
No code changes Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
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+/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
+/*
+ * setsid.c -- execute a command in a new session
+ * Rick Sladkey <jrs@world.std.com>
+ * In the public domain.
+ *
+ * 1999-02-22 Arkadiusz Mickiewicz <misiek@pld.ORG.PL>
+ * - added Native Language Support
+ *
+ * 2001-01-18 John Fremlin <vii@penguinpowered.com>
+ * - fork in case we are process group leader
+ *
+ * 2004-11-12 Paul Fox
+ * - busyboxed
+ */
+//config:config SETSID
+//config: bool "setsid"
+//config: default y
+//config: help
+//config: setsid runs a program in a new session
+
+//applet:IF_SETSID(APPLET(setsid, BB_DIR_USR_BIN, BB_SUID_DROP))
+
+//kbuild:lib-$(CONFIG_SETSID) += setsid.o
+
+//usage:#define setsid_trivial_usage
+//usage: "[-c] PROG ARGS"
+//usage:#define setsid_full_usage "\n\n"
+//usage: "Run PROG in a new session. PROG will have no controlling terminal\n"
+//usage: "and will not be affected by keyboard signals (^C etc).\n"
+//usage: "\n -c Set controlling terminal to stdin"
+
+#include "libbb.h"
+
+int setsid_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
+int setsid_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
+{
+ unsigned opt;
+
+ opt_complementary = "-1"; /* at least one arg */
+ opt = getopt32(argv, "+c"); /* +: stop on first non-opt */
+ argv += optind;
+
+ /* setsid() is allowed only when we are not a process group leader.
+ * Otherwise our PID serves as PGID of some existing process group
+ * and cannot be used as PGID of a new process group.
+ *
+ * Example: setsid() below fails when run alone in interactive shell:
+ * $ setsid PROG
+ * because shell's child (setsid) is put in a new process group.
+ * But doesn't fail if shell is not interactive
+ * (and therefore doesn't create process groups for pipes),
+ * or if setsid is not the first process in the process group:
+ * $ true | setsid PROG
+ * or if setsid is executed in backquotes (`setsid PROG`)...
+ */
+ if (setsid() < 0) {
+ pid_t pid = fork_or_rexec(argv);
+ if (pid != 0) {
+ /* parent */
+ /* TODO:
+ * we can waitpid(pid, &status, 0) and then even
+ * emulate exitcode, making the behavior consistent
+ * in both forked and non forked cases.
+ * However, the code is larger and upstream
+ * does not do such trick.
+ */
+ return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+ }
+
+ /* child */
+ /* now there should be no error: */
+ setsid();
+ }
+
+ if (opt) {
+ /* -c: set (with stealing) controlling tty */
+ ioctl(0, TIOCSCTTY, 1);
+ }
+
+ BB_EXECVP_or_die(argv);
+}