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-rw-r--r--HISTORY1
-rw-r--r--INSTALL4
-rw-r--r--vdr.c34
3 files changed, 35 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 2e58d0da..10154cfe 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -86,3 +86,4 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
- Implemented the "Simple Video Disk Recorder Protocol" (SVDRP) to control
the VDR over a network connection.
- Implemented command line option handling.
+- The program can now run in full background mode by using the --daemon option.
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index aec1bda5..3261ef00 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ port ("Simple Video Disk Recorder Protocol"). By default, it listens
on port 2001 (use the --port=PORT option to change this). For details
about the SVDRP syntax see the source file 'svdrp.c'.
+If the program shall run as a daemon, use the --daemon option. This
+will completely detach it from the terminal and will continue as a
+background process.
+
Use "vdr --help" for a list of available command line options.
The video data directory:
diff --git a/vdr.c b/vdr.c
index 06e9ea88..626e6dc0 100644
--- a/vdr.c
+++ b/vdr.c
@@ -22,12 +22,13 @@
*
* The project's page is at http://www.cadsoft.de/people/kls/vdr
*
- * $Id: vdr.c 1.22 2000/07/23 14:53:22 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: vdr.c 1.23 2000/07/23 15:36:43 kls Exp $
*/
#include <getopt.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
#include "config.h"
#include "dvbapi.h"
#include "interface.h"
@@ -58,19 +59,23 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
#define DEFAULTSVDRPPORT 2001
int SVDRPport = DEFAULTSVDRPPORT;
+ bool DaemonMode = false;
static struct option long_options[] = {
- { "help", no_argument, NULL, 'h' },
- { "port", required_argument, NULL, 'p' },
+ { "daemon", no_argument, NULL, 'd' },
+ { "help", no_argument, NULL, 'h' },
+ { "port", required_argument, NULL, 'p' },
{ 0 }
};
int c;
int option_index = 0;
- while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hp:", long_options, &option_index)) != -1) {
+ while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "dhp:", long_options, &option_index)) != -1) {
switch (c) {
+ case 'd': DaemonMode = true; break;
case 'h': printf("Usage: vdr [OPTION]\n\n"
" -h, --help display this help and exit\n"
+ " -d, --daemon run in daemon mode\n"
" -p PORT, --port=PORT use PORT for SVDRP ('0' turns off SVDRP)\n"
"\n"
"Report bugs to <vdr-bugs@cadsoft.de>\n"
@@ -91,6 +96,27 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
// Log file:
openlog("vdr", LOG_PID | LOG_CONS, LOG_USER);
+
+ // Daemon mode:
+
+ if (DaemonMode) {
+#ifndef DEBUG_OSD
+ pid_t pid = fork();
+ if (pid < 0) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", strerror(errno));
+ esyslog(LOG_ERR, strerror(errno));
+ return 1;
+ }
+ if (pid != 0)
+ return 0; // initial program immediately returns
+ fclose(stdin);
+ fclose(stdout);
+ fclose(stderr);
+#else
+ fprintf(stderr, "vdr: can't run in daemon mode with DEBUG_OSD on!\n");
+ abort();
+#endif
+ }
isyslog(LOG_INFO, "started");
// DVB interfaces: