rc-scripts daemon --fork

[Aredridel]

I've a patch to rc-scripts to add a --fork to daemon():

	daemon --fork /usr/sbin/daemon -args

for daemons that don't fork themselves.

Ari
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Index: functions
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RCS file: /cvsroot/rc-scripts/rc.d/init.d/functions,v
retrieving revision 1.80
diff -u -r1.80 functions
--- functions	9 Sep 2003 22:45:49 -0000	1.80
+++ functions	24 Mar 2004 01:34:45 -0000
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
 	while [ "$1" != "${1##-}" ] || [ "$1" != "${1##+}" ]; do
 		case $1 in
 		  '')
-			msg_usage " daemon [--user user] [+/-nicelevel] {program}"
+			msg_usage " daemon [--user user] [--fork] [+/-nicelevel] {program}"
 			return 2
 			;;
 		  --check)
@@ -287,6 +287,11 @@
 			[ "$1" != "root" ] && prog="/bin/su $1 -c \""
 			shift
 			;;
+        --fork)
+         prog="/usr/bin/setsid sh -c \""
+         end='&'
+         shift
+         ;;
 		  -*|+*) SERVICE_RUN_NICE_LEVEL=$1
 			shift;;
 		esac
@@ -294,9 +299,9 @@
 	# If command to execute ends with quotation mark, add remaining
 	# arguments and close quotation.
 	if [ "$prog" != "${prog%\"}" ]; then
-		prog="$prog $*\""
+		prog="$prog $*$end\""
 	else
-		prog="$prog $*"
+		prog="$prog $*$end"
 	fi
 
 	# make sure it doesn't core dump anywhere; while this could mask
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