daemonize.rb in daemons-0.3.0

- old
+ new

@@ -111,11 +111,11 @@
   end
   module_function :safefork
   
   
   # This method causes the current running process to become a daemon
-  def daemonize(oldmode=0)
+  def daemonize(logfile_name = nil, oldmode=0)
     srand # Split rand streams between spawning and daemonized process
     safefork and exit # Fork and exit from the parent
 
     # Detach from the controlling terminal
     unless sess_id = Process.setsid
@@ -132,18 +132,37 @@
     File.umask 0000 # Insure sensible umask
 
     # Make sure all file descriptors are closed
     ObjectSpace.each_object(IO) do |io|
       unless [STDIN, STDOUT, STDERR].include?(io)
-        unless io.closed?
-          io.close rescue nil
+        begin
+          unless io.closed?
+            io.close
+          end
+        rescue ::Exception
         end
       end
     end
 
-    STDIN.reopen "/dev/null"       # Free file descriptors and
-    STDOUT.reopen "/dev/null", "a" # point them somewhere sensible
-    STDERR.reopen STDOUT           # STDOUT/STDERR should go to a logfile
+    # Free file descriptors and
+    # point them somewhere sensible
+    # STDOUT/STDERR should go to a logfile
+    
+    STDIN.reopen "/dev/null" rescue nil       
+    
+    if logfile_name
+      begin
+        STDOUT.reopen logfile_name, "a" 
+      rescue ::Exception
+        STDOUT.reopen "/dev/null" rescue nil
+      end
+    else
+      STDOUT.reopen "/dev/null" rescue nil
+    end
+     
+    STDERR.reopen STDOUT rescue nil           
+    
+    
     return oldmode ? sess_id : 0   # Return value is mostly irrelevant
   end
   module_function :daemonize
   
 end