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+#ifndef foodaemonsignalhfoo
+#define foodaemonsignalhfoo
+
+/* $Id$ */
+
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of libdaemon.
+ *
+ * libdaemon is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * libdaemon 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
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with libdaemon; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
+ */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/** \file
+ *
+ * Contains the API for serializing signals to a pipe for
+ * usage with select() or poll().
+ *
+ * You should register all signals you
+ * wish to handle with select() in your main loop with
+ * daemon_signal_init() or daemon_signal_install(). After that you
+ * should sleep on the file descriptor returned by daemon_signal_fd()
+ * and get the next signal recieved with daemon_signal_next(). You
+ * should call daemon_signal_done() before exiting.
+ */
+
+/** Installs signal handlers for the specified signals
+ * @param s, ... The signals to install handlers for. The list should be terminated by 0
+ * @return zero on success, nonzero on failure
+ */
+int daemon_signal_init(int s, ...);
+
+/** Install a  signal handler for the specified signal
+ * @param s The signalto install handler for
+ * @return zero onsuccess,nonzero on failure
+ */
+int daemon_signal_install(int s);
+
+/** Free resources of signal handling, should be called before daemon exit
+ */
+void daemon_signal_done(void);
+
+/** Return the next signal recieved. This function will not
+ * block. Instead it returns 0 if no signal is queued.
+ * @return The next queued signal if one is queued, zero if none is
+ * queued, negative on failure.
+ */
+int daemon_signal_next(void);
+
+/** Return the file descriptor the daemon should select() on for
+ * reading. Whenever the descriptor is ready you should call
+ * daemon_signal_next() to get the next signal queued.
+ * @return The file descriptor or negative on failure
+ */
+int daemon_signal_fd(void);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif