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/*
** Copyright (C) 2001-2025 Zabbix SIA
**
** This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
** the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 3.
**
** 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
**
** You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program.
** If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
**/
static FILE *fpid = NULL;
static int fdpid = -1;
int create_pid_file(const char *pidfile)
{
int fd;
zbx_stat_t buf;
struct flock fl;
fl.l_type = F_WRLCK;
fl.l_whence = SEEK_SET;
fl.l_start = 0;
fl.l_len = 0;
fl.l_pid = getpid();
/* check if pid file already exists */
if (-1 != (fd = open(pidfile, O_WRONLY | O_APPEND)))
{
if (0 == zbx_fstat(fd, &buf) && -1 == fcntl(fd, F_SETLK, &fl))
{
close(fd);
zbx_error("Is this process already running? Could not lock PID file [%s]: %s",
pidfile, zbx_strerror(errno));
return FAIL;
}
close(fd);
}
/* open pid file */
if (NULL == (fpid = fopen(pidfile, "w")))
{
zbx_error("cannot create PID file [%s]: %s", pidfile, zbx_strerror(errno));
return FAIL;
}
/* lock file */
if (-1 != (fdpid = fileno(fpid)) && (-1 == fcntl(fdpid, F_SETLK, &fl) || -1 == fcntl(fdpid,
F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)))
{
zbx_error("error in setting the status flag: %s", zbx_strerror(errno));
}
/* write pid to file */