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+/*
+ Unix SMB/CIFS implementation.
+ Samba utility functions
+ Copyright (C) Jeremy Allison 2012.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#ifndef _SAMBA_PIDFILE_H_
+#define _SAMBA_PIDFILE_H_
+
+/**
+ * @file pidfile.h
+ *
+ * @brief PID file handling
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @brief Create a PID file
+ *
+ * Opens file, locks it, and writes PID. Returns EAGAIN if another
+ * process has the PID file locked. Use unlink(2) and
+ * pidfile_fd_close() to remove the PID file.
+ *
+ * @param[in] path PID file name
+ * @param[out] outfd File descriptor of open/locked PID file
+ * @param[out] existing_pid Return existing PID on EAGAIN
+ * @return 0 on success, errno on failure
+ */
+int pidfile_path_create(
+ const char *path, int *outfd, pid_t *existing_pid);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Unlock and close a PID file
+ *
+ * @param[in] fd File descriptor of open/locked PID file
+ */
+void pidfile_fd_close(int fd);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Check a PID file
+ *
+ * PID file name is <piddir>/<name>.pid
+ *
+ * @param[in] piddir Directory for PID file
+ * @param[in] name PID file process name
+ * @return PID of active process, 0 if PID file missing/stale/error
+ */
+pid_t pidfile_pid(const char *piddir, const char *name);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Create a PID file
+ *
+ * Leave PID file open/locked on success, exit on failure. On
+ * success, use pidfile_unlink() to remove PID file before exiting.
+ *
+ * PID file name is <piddir>/<name>.pid
+ *
+ * @param[in] piddir Directory for PID file
+ * @param[in] name PID file process name
+ */
+void pidfile_create(const char *piddir, const char *name);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Remove a PID file
+ *
+ * PID file name is <piddir>/<name>.pid
+ *
+ * @param[in] piddir Directory for PID file
+ * @param[in] name PID file process name
+ */
+void pidfile_unlink(const char *piddir, const char *name);
+
+#endif