I'm converting Ubuntu startup scripts to work on CentOS (5.3), and I'm having trouble finding out how
to start a daemon in a certain directory? For Ubuntu, start-stop-daemon has the option -d to set the
working directory.

TIA
/Rob
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On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 8:02 AM, Robert Bielik <robert.bielik@xponaut.se> wrote:
> I'm converting Ubuntu startup scripts to work on CentOS (5.3), and I'm having trouble finding out how
> to start a daemon in a certain directory? For Ubuntu, start-stop-daemon has the option -d to set the
> working directory.
>
> TIA
> /Rob

You could "cd" there in the script before starting it.
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Brian Mathis skrev:
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 8:02 AM, Robert Bielik <robert.bielik@xponaut.se> wrote:
>> I'm converting Ubuntu startup scripts to work on CentOS (5.3), and I'm having trouble finding out how
>> to start a daemon in a certain directory? For Ubuntu, start-stop-daemon has the option -d to set the
>> working directory.
>>
>> TIA
>> /Rob
>
> You could "cd" there in the script before starting it.

Wouldn't that just involve the session which starts the daemon, but not the daemon session itself? Or does
"daemon" startup the child session within the same working directory ?

/Rob

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On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Robert Bielik <robert.bielik@xponaut.se> wrote:
> Brian Mathis skrev:
>> On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 8:02 AM, Robert Bielik <robert.bielik@xponaut.se> wrote:
>>> I'm converting Ubuntu startup scripts to work on CentOS (5.3), and I'm having trouble finding out how
>>> to start a daemon in a certain directory? For Ubuntu, start-stop-daemon has the option -d to set the
>>> working directory.
>>>
>>> TIA
>>> /Rob
>>
>> You could "cd" there in the script before starting it.
>
> Wouldn't that just involve the session which starts the daemon, but not the daemon session itself? Or does
> "daemon" startup the child session within the same working directory ?
>
> /Rob

It's helpful to understand that any child process started by a parent
process always inherits the environment of the parent. The cwd
(current working directory) is part of that environment. Any other
environment variables that are exported, such as PATH, etc.. are also
part of that environment.

So yes, the daemon process will start in the same directory that the
script is currently in, and assuming the daemon does not 'cd' by
itself, it should continue to run with that directory as the cwd.
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Robert Bielik wrote:
> Brian Mathis skrev:
>> On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 8:02 AM, Robert Bielik <robert.bielik@xponaut.se> wrote:
>>> I'm converting Ubuntu startup scripts to work on CentOS (5.3), and I'm having trouble finding out how
>>> to start a daemon in a certain directory? For Ubuntu, start-stop-daemon has the option -d to set the
>>> working directory.
>>>
>>> TIA
>>> /Rob
>> You could "cd" there in the script before starting it.
>
> Wouldn't that just involve the session which starts the daemon, but not the daemon session itself? Or does
> "daemon" startup the child session within the same working directory ?

Child processes inherit pretty much everything from their parent at the
time of the fork(), including the working directory. If they want to
change, they have to do it afterwards.

--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell@gmail.com
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Brian Mathis skrev:
> It's helpful to understand that any child process started by a parent
> process always inherits the environment of the parent. The cwd
> (current working directory) is part of that environment. Any other
> environment variables that are exported, such as PATH, etc.. are also
> part of that environment.
>
> So yes, the daemon process will start in the same directory that the
> script is currently in, and assuming the daemon does not 'cd' by
> itself, it should continue to run with that directory as the cwd.

Hmm.. yeah, my bad Of course the child process should inherit...

Thnx!
/R

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