talk/base/posix.h

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#ifndef TALK_BASE_POSIX_H_
#define TALK_BASE_POSIX_H_

namespace talk_base {

// Runs the given executable name as a daemon, so that it executes concurrently
// with this process. Upon completion, the daemon process will automatically be
// reaped by init(8), so an error exit status or a failure to start the
// executable are not reported. Returns true if the daemon process was forked
// successfully, else false.
bool RunAsDaemon(const char *file, const char *const argv[]);

}  // namespace talk_base

#endif  // TALK_BASE_POSIX_H_