Method: #daemonize

Defined in:
lib/commands/process/spinner.rb

#daemonize ⇒ Object

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# File 'lib/commands/process/spinner.rb', line 3

def daemonize #:nodoc:
  exit if fork                   # Parent exits, child continues.
  Process.setsid                 # Become session leader.
  exit if fork                   # Zap session leader. See [1].
  Dir.chdir "/"                  # Release old working directory.
  File.umask 0000                # Ensure sensible umask. Adjust as needed.
  STDIN.reopen "/dev/null"       # Free file descriptors and
  STDOUT.reopen "/dev/null", "a" # point them somewhere sensible.
  STDERR.reopen STDOUT           # STDOUT/ERR should better go to a logfile.
end