X-Git-Url: http://git.indexdata.com/?p=yaz-moved-to-github.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=include%2Fyaz%2Fdaemon.h;h=b5ed96bb96edc3147950c615aec5cccc0a5a3e38;hp=22de18fa6d6963fc403fef4e892aa8eddf001b06;hb=4d95bcc1c92abde629616853b6a5d8e56444f5f3;hpb=d940392c53c32ccf76fb287cc5b997b9e921a431

diff --git a/include/yaz/daemon.h b/include/yaz/daemon.h
index 22de18f..b5ed96b 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) 1995-2008 Index Data.
+ * Copyright (C) 1995-2012 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:
@@ -68,12 +68,24 @@ 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
 /*
  * Local variables:
  * c-basic-offset: 4
+ * c-file-style: "Stroustrup"
  * indent-tabs-mode: nil
  * End:
  * vim: shiftwidth=4 tabstop=8 expandtab