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Add the "-n" flag to cron(8), to prevent it from daemonizing.

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This makes it possible to use it with external supervisors.
The "-n" flag name is compatible with Linux, NetBSD, and OpenBSD.

Reviewed by:	jilles, pfg, wblock
MFC after:	1 month
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D7581
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Edward Tomasz Napierala 2016-08-21 18:12:49 +00:00
parent 3f7880e23a
commit 370b58b9f8
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00 
svn path=/head/; revision=304570
2 changed files with 11 additions and 4 deletions
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usr.sbin/cron/cron/cron.8
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@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd June 29, 2008
.Dd August 21, 2016
.Dt CRON 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
.Op Fl j Ar jitter
.Op Fl J Ar rootjitter
.Op Fl m Ar mailto
.Op Fl n
.Op Fl s
.Op Fl o
.Op Fl x Ar debugflag Ns Op , Ns Ar ...
@ -132,6 +133,8 @@ set to a null string, usually specified in a shell as
.Li ''
or
.Li \*q\*q .
.It Fl n
Don't daemonize, run in foreground instead.
.It Fl s
Enable special handling of situations when the GMT offset of the local
timezone changes, such as the switches between the standard time and

10
usr.sbin/cron/cron/cron.c
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@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ static int run_at_secres(cron_db *);
static time_t last_time = 0;
static int dst_enabled = 0;
static int dont_daemonize = 0;
struct pidfh *pfh;
static void
@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ usage() {
#endif
fprintf(stderr, "usage: cron [-j jitter] [-J rootjitter] "
"[-m mailto] [-s] [-o] [-x debugflag[,...]]\n");
"[-m mailto] [-n ] [-s] [-o] [-x debugflag[,...]]\n");
#if DEBUGGING
fprintf(stderr, "\ndebugflags: ");
@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ main(argc, argv)
if (0) {
# endif
(void) fprintf(stderr, "[%d] cron started\n", getpid());
} else {
} else if (dont_daemonize == 0) {
if (daemon(1, 0) == -1) {
pidfile_remove(pfh);
log_it("CRON",getpid(),"DEATH","can't become daemon");
@ -512,7 +513,7 @@ parse_args(argc, argv)
int argch;
char *endp;
while ((argch = getopt(argc, argv, "j:J:m:osx:")) != -1) {
while ((argch = getopt(argc, argv, "j:J:m:nosx:")) != -1) {
switch (argch) {
case 'j':
Jitter = strtoul(optarg, &endp, 10);
@ -529,6 +530,9 @@ parse_args(argc, argv)
case 'm':
defmailto = optarg;
break;
case 'n':
dont_daemonize = 1;
break;
case 'o':
dst_enabled = 0;
break;