1 files changed, 12 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/src/bitcoind.cpp b/src/bitcoind.cpp
index 322298d1b..3352a76de 100644
--- a/src/bitcoind.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoind.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #include "chainparams.h"
 #include "clientversion.h"
+#include "compat.h"
 #include "rpc/server.h"
 #include "init.h"
 #include "noui.h"
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ bool AppInit(int argc, char* argv[])
         }
 
         fprintf(stdout, "%s", strUsage.c_str());
-        return false;
+        return true;
     }
 
     try
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ bool AppInit(int argc, char* argv[])
         }
         try
         {
-            ReadConfigFile(mapArgs, mapMultiArgs);
+            ReadConfigFile(GetArg("-conf", BITCOIN_CONF_FILENAME), mapArgs, mapMultiArgs);
         } catch (const std::exception& e) {
             fprintf(stderr,"Error reading configuration file: %s\n", e.what());
             return false;
@@ -125,31 +126,23 @@ bool AppInit(int argc, char* argv[])
         if (fCommandLine)
         {
             fprintf(stderr, "Error: There is no RPC client functionality in bitcoind anymore. Use the bitcoin-cli utility instead.\n");
-            exit(1);
+            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
-#ifndef WIN32
         if (GetBoolArg("-daemon", false))
         {
+#if HAVE_DECL_DAEMON
             fprintf(stdout, "Bitcoin server starting\n");
 
             // Daemonize
-            pid_t pid = fork();
-            if (pid < 0)
-            {
-                fprintf(stderr, "Error: fork() returned %d errno %d\n", pid, errno);
+            if (daemon(1, 0)) { // don't chdir (1), do close FDs (0)
+                fprintf(stderr, "Error: daemon() failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
                 return false;
             }
-            if (pid > 0) // Parent process, pid is child process id
-            {
-                return true;
-            }
-            // Child process falls through to rest of initialization
-
-            pid_t sid = setsid();
-            if (sid < 0)
-                fprintf(stderr, "Error: setsid() returned %d errno %d\n", sid, errno);
+#else
+            fprintf(stderr, "Error: -daemon is not supported on this operating system\n");
+            return false;
+#endif // HAVE_DECL_DAEMON
         }
-#endif
         SoftSetBoolArg("-server", true);
 
         // Set this early so that parameter interactions go to console
@@ -184,5 +177,5 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     // Connect bitcoind signal handlers
     noui_connect();
 
-    return (AppInit(argc, argv) ? 0 : 1);
+    return (AppInit(argc, argv) ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);
 }