Merb::Server.daemonize

gistfile1.rb

def daemonize(port)
  Merb.logger.warn! "About to fork..." if Merb::Config[:verbose]
  fork do
    Process.setsid
    exit if fork
    Merb.logger.warn! "In #{Process.pid}" if Merb.logger
    File.umask 0000
    STDIN.reopen "/dev/null"
    STDOUT.reopen "/dev/null", "a"
    STDERR.reopen STDOUT
    begin
      Dir.chdir Merb::Config[:merb_root]
    rescue Errno::EACCES => e
      Merb.fatal! "You specified Merb root as #{Merb::Config[:merb_root]}, " \
        "yet the current user does not have access to it. ", e
    end
    at_exit { remove_pid_file(port) }
    Merb::Config[:port] = port
    bootup
  end
rescue NotImplementedError => e
  Merb.fatal! "Daemonized mode is not supported on your platform. ", e
end