Class: WEBrick::Daemon

Relationships & Source Files
Inherits:	Object
Defined in:	lib/webrick/server.rb

Overview

A generic module for daemonizing a process

Class Method Summary

.start

Performs the standard operations for daemonizing a process.

Class Method Details

.start

Performs the standard operations for daemonizing a process. Runs a block, if given.

[ GitHub ]

# File 'lib/webrick/server.rb', line 45


def Daemon.start
  exit!(0) if fork
  Process::setsid
  exit!(0) if fork
  Dir::chdir("/")
  File::umask(0)
  STDIN.reopen("/dev/null")
  STDOUT.reopen("/dev/null", "w")
  STDERR.reopen("/dev/null", "w")
  yield if block_given?
end