1 /* Author: Peter Vrabec <pvrabec@redhat.com> */
6 /* because of TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY */
18 #include <sys/types.h>
22 #define MSG_NSCD_FLUSH_CACHE_FAILED "Failed to flush the nscd cache.\n"
25 * nscd_flush_cache - flush specified service buffer in nscd cache
27 int nscd_flush_cache (const char *service)
31 char *spawnedArgs[] = {"/usr/sbin/nscd", "nscd", "-i", service, NULL};
32 char *spawnedEnv[] = {NULL};
35 err = posix_spawn (&pid, spawnedArgs[0], NULL, NULL,
36 spawnedArgs, spawnedEnv);
39 (void) fputs (_(MSG_NSCD_FLUSH_CACHE_FAILED), stderr);
40 (void) fprintf (stderr, "posix_spawn() error=%d\n", err);
44 /* Wait for the spawned process to exit */
45 termpid = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY (waitpid (pid, &status, 0));
48 (void) fputs (_(MSG_NSCD_FLUSH_CACHE_FAILED), stderr);
52 else if (termpid != pid)
54 (void) fputs (_(MSG_NSCD_FLUSH_CACHE_FAILED), stderr);
55 (void) fprintf (stderr, "waitpid returned %ld != %ld\n",
56 (long int) termpid, (long int) pid);
63 extern int errno; /* warning: ANSI C forbids an empty source file */