#include <stdlib.h>
#include <syslog.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>

#define	MAXFD	64

void
daemon_init(const char *pname, int facility)
{
	int		i;
	pid_t	pid;

	if ( (pid = fork()) != 0)
		exit(0);			/* parent terminates */

	/* 1st child continues */
	setsid();				/* become session leader */

	signal(SIGHUP, SIG_IGN);
	if ( (pid = fork()) != 0)
		exit(0);			/* 1st child terminates */

	/* 2nd child continues */
	chdir("/");				/* change working directory */

	umask(0);				/* clear our file mode creation mask */

	for (i=0; i<MAXFD; i++)
		close(i);

	openlog(pname, LOG_PID, facility);
}

int main()
{
    int ii = 10;
    daemon_init("TEST", 0);

    while(ii) {
        syslog(LOG_INFO, "daemon example ... %d", ii--);
        sleep(10);
    }

    exit(0);
}