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      1 /*
      2  * libjingle
      3  * Copyright 2004--2010, Google Inc.
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     27 
     28 #ifndef TALK_BASE_POSIX_H_
     29 #define TALK_BASE_POSIX_H_
     30 
     31 namespace talk_base {
     32 
     33 // Runs the given executable name as a daemon, so that it executes concurrently
     34 // with this process. Upon completion, the daemon process will automatically be
     35 // reaped by init(8), so an error exit status or a failure to start the
     36 // executable are not reported. Returns true if the daemon process was forked
     37 // successfully, else false.
     38 bool RunAsDaemon(const char *file, const char *const argv[]);
     39 
     40 }  // namespace talk_base
     41 
     42 #endif  // TALK_BASE_POSIX_H_
     43