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diff --git a/libbb/bb_xdaemon.c b/libbb/bb_xdaemon.c
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+/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
+/*
+ * bb_xdaemon.c - a daemon() which dies on failure with error message
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 Denis Vlasenko
+ *
+ * Licensed under LGPL, see file docs/lesser.txt in this tarball for details.
+ */
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include "libbb.h"
+
+void bb_xdaemon(int nochdir, int noclose)
+{
+	if (daemon(nochdir, noclose))
+		bb_perror_msg_and_die("daemon");
+}
+