From de58eff7c1523e99be6aa419f56846446d0faa29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Kruse <cjk@defunct.ch>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 14:30:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] added a chdir() for proper daemonizing

---
 repmgrd.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/repmgrd.c b/repmgrd.c
index df25de6b..3bf715b9 100644
--- a/repmgrd.c
+++ b/repmgrd.c
@@ -1322,7 +1322,9 @@ update_registration(void)
 static void
 do_daemonize()
 {
+	char *ptr, path[MAXLEN];
 	pid_t pid = fork();
+
 	switch (pid)
 	{
 	case -1:
@@ -1355,6 +1357,23 @@ do_daemonize()
 
 		/* a child just flows along */
 
+		memset(path, 0, MAXLEN);
+
+		for (ptr = config_file + strlen(config_file); ptr > config_file; --ptr)
+		{
+			if (*ptr == '/')
+			{
+				strncpy(path, config_file, ptr - config_file);
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (*path == '\0')
+		{
+			*path = '/';
+		}
+
+		chdir(path);
+
 		break;
 
 	default: /* parent process */