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A generic module for daemonizing a process
Performs the standard operations for daemonizing a process. Runs a block, if given.
# File webrick/server.rb, line 35 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