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.Dd 
.Dt DAEMON 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm daemon
.Nd run in the background
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fn daemon "int nochdir" "int noclose"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Pp
The
.Fn daemon
function is for programs wishing to detach themselves from the
controlling terminal and run in the background as system daemons.
.Pp
Unless the argument
.Fa nochdir
is non-zero,
.Fn daemon
changes the current working directory to the root (``/'').
.Pp
Unless the argument
.Fa noclose
is non-zero,
.Fn daemon
will redirect standard input, standard output and standard error
to ``/dev/null''.
.Sh ERRORS
The function
.Fn daemon
may fail and set
.Va errno
for any of the errors specified for the library functions
.Xr fork 2
and 
.Xr setsid 2 .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr setsid 2
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn daemon
function is
.Ud .