exec.cc

/*
* Daemon.node: A node.JS addon that allows creating Unix/Linux Daemons in pure Javascript.
 *
* Copyright 2010 (c) <arthur@norgic.com>
* Modified By: Pedro Teixeira  2010
* Modified By: James Haliday   2010
* Modified By: Charlie Robbins 2010
* Modified By: Zak Taylor      2010
* Modified By: Daniel Bartlett 2011
* Modified By: Charlie Robbins 2011
*
* Under MIT License. See LICENSE file.
*
*/

#include <v8.h>
#include <node.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <pwd.h>

#define PID_MAXLEN 10

using namespace v8;
using namespace node;

const char* ToCString(const v8::String::Utf8Value& value) {
  return *value ? *value : "<string conversion failed>";
}

//
// Go through special routines to become a daemon.
// if successful, returns daemon pid
//
static Handle<Value> Start(const Arguments& args) {
  if (!args[0]->IsString())
    return Boolean::New(false);

  String::Utf8Value cmdUtf8(args[0]->ToString());
  const char *cmd = ToCString(cmdUtf8);
  execlp(cmd, NULL);

  return Boolean::New(true);
}

//
// Initialize this add-on
//
extern "C" void init(Handle<Object> target) {
  HandleScope scope;
  
  NODE_SET_METHOD(target, "start", Start);
}