[Libguestfs] [PATCH] daemon/Win32: Windows can't daemonize.
Richard W.M. Jones
rjones at redhat.com
Wed Nov 25 15:03:25 UTC 2009
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From: Richard Jones <rjones at redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:59:30 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 6/7] daemon/Win32: Windows can't daemonize.
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daemon/guestfsd.c | 5 +++++
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/daemon/guestfsd.c b/daemon/guestfsd.c
index 40b3c2f..d3b754d 100644
--- a/daemon/guestfsd.c
+++ b/daemon/guestfsd.c
@@ -335,10 +335,15 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
/* Fork into the background. */
if (!dont_fork) {
+#ifndef WIN32
if (daemon (0, 1) == -1) {
perror ("daemon");
exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
+#else /* WIN32 */
+ fprintf (stderr, "On Windows the daemon does not support forking into the background.\nYou *must* run the daemon with the -f option.\n");
+ exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
+#endif /* WIN32 */
}
/* Enter the main loop, reading and performing actions. */
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1.6.5.2
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