X-Git-Url: http://git.indexdata.com/?p=yaz-moved-to-github.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=include%2Fyaz%2Fdaemon.h;h=6819725c7900cf49694124b16d11c424f41aa6b1;hp=3d14c2aafeb6a83ad40c7216f8b4e81b5977e504;hb=799ea46466fc7433ce75d7c66d796b5a0997f59c;hpb=379504a233e3e2cc85bca1e7b6d864f1395aec7c

diff --git a/include/yaz/daemon.h b/include/yaz/daemon.h
index 3d14c2a..6819725 100644
--- a/include/yaz/daemon.h
+++ b/include/yaz/daemon.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the YAZ toolkit.
- * Copyright (C) 1995-2009 Index Data.
+ * Copyright (C) 1995-2013 Index Data.
  * All rights reserved.
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
  * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ YAZ_BEGIN_CDECL
 
     Flag YAZ_DAEMON_DEBUG: Puts the service in debug mode (no fork at all).
 
-    Flag YAZ_DAEMON_KEEPALIVE: Repeatedly calls work handler if it makes a 
+    Flag YAZ_DAEMON_KEEPALIVE: Repeatedly calls work handler if it makes a
     "fatal" error.
 */
 YAZ_EXPORT
@@ -68,6 +68,17 @@ int yaz_daemon(const char *progname,
                void (*work)(void *data), void *data,
                const char *pidfile, const char *uid);
 
+/** \brief stop daemon - stop parent process
+
+    This function sends a signal to the parent keepalive process that
+    makes it exit immediately - without waiting. If there's no parent
+    keepalive process, this function does nothing. SHould be called
+    when the child process has freed resources, such as listening socket.
+    But the child process may continue running.
+*/
+YAZ_EXPORT
+void yaz_daemon_stop(void);
+
 YAZ_END_CDECL
 
 #endif