dpid.h

NAME

dpid.h - Contains an API for manipulating PID files.

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/types.h>

Macros

#define DAEMON_PID_FILE_KILL_WAIT_AVAILABLE 1
This variable is defined to 1 iff daemon_pid_file_kill_wait() is supported.

Typedefs

typedef const char *(* daemon_pid_file_proc_t) (void)
Prototype of a function for generating the name of a PID file.

Functions

const char * daemon_pid_file_proc_default (void)
A function for creating a pid file name from daemon_pid_file_ident.
int daemon_pid_file_create (void)
Creates PID pid file for the current process.
int daemon_pid_file_remove (void)
Removes the PID file of the current process.
pid_t daemon_pid_file_is_running (void)
Returns the PID file of a running daemon, if available.
int daemon_pid_file_kill (int s)
Kills a running daemon, if available.
int daemon_pid_file_kill_wait (int s, int m)
Similar to daemon_pid_file_kill() but waits until the process died.

Variables

const char * daemon_pid_file_ident
Identification string for the PID file name, only used when daemon_pid_file_proc is set to daemon_pid_file_proc_default().
daemon_pid_file_proc_t daemon_pid_file_proc
A function pointer which is used to generate the name of the PID file to manipulate.

Detailed Description

Contains an API for manipulating PID files.

Definition in file dpid.h.

Macro Definition Documentation

#define DAEMON_PID_FILE_KILL_WAIT_AVAILABLE 1

This variable is defined to 1 iff daemon_pid_file_kill_wait() is supported.

Since

0.3

See also

daemon_pid_file_kill_wait()

Definition at line 82 of file dpid.h.

Typedef Documentation

typedef const char*(* daemon_pid_file_proc_t) (void)

Prototype of a function for generating the name of a PID file.

Definition at line 37 of file dpid.h.

Function Documentation

int daemon_pid_file_create (void)

Creates PID pid file for the current process.

Returns

zero on success, nonzero on failure

Examples

testd.c.

pid_t daemon_pid_file_is_running (void)

Returns the PID file of a running daemon, if available.

Returns

The PID or negative on failure

Examples

testd.c.

int daemon_pid_file_kill (int s)

Kills a running daemon, if available.

Parameters

s The signal to send

Returns

zero on success, nonzero on failure

int daemon_pid_file_kill_wait (int s, int m)

Similar to daemon_pid_file_kill() but waits until the process died. This functions is new in libdaemon 0.3. The macro DAEMON_PID_FILE_KILL_WAIT_AVAILABLE is defined iff libdaemon supports this function.

Parameters

s The signal to send
m Seconds to wait at maximum

Returns

zero on success, nonzero on failure (timeout condition is considered a failure)

Since

0.3

See also

DAEMON_PID_FILE_KILL_WAIT_AVAILABLE

Examples

testd.c.

const char* daemon_pid_file_proc_default (void)

A function for creating a pid file name from daemon_pid_file_ident.

Returns

The PID file path

int daemon_pid_file_remove (void)

Removes the PID file of the current process.

Returns

zero on success, nonzero on failure

Examples

testd.c.

Variable Documentation

const char* daemon_pid_file_ident [extern]

Identification string for the PID file name, only used when daemon_pid_file_proc is set to daemon_pid_file_proc_default(). Use daemon_ident_from_argv0() to generate an identification string from argv[0]

Examples

testd.c.

daemon_pid_file_proc_t daemon_pid_file_proc [extern]

A function pointer which is used to generate the name of the PID file to manipulate. Points to daemon_pid_file_proc_default() by default.

Author

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