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(resoilved) Re: daemon program?

From Mike Scott <usenet.16@scottsonline.org.uk.invalid>
Newsgroups uk.comp.os.linux, alt.os.linux.ubuntu
Subject (resoilved) Re: daemon program?
Date 2025-09-04 08:38 +0100
Organization Scott family
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On 04/09/2025 08:26, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
> Mike Scott <usenet.16@scottsonline.org.uk.invalid> writes:
>> I've been using a program 'daemon' on freebsd
>> (eg
>> man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=daemon&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+14.3-RELEASE+and+Ports)
>>
>> which will run arbitrary programs as daemons, handling all the
>> necessary "house-keeping" for them.
>>
>> I can't find a ready-to-roll linux version - is there one please?
> 
> If you want an (almost) identical interface then in Debian (and
> presumably therefore also Ubuntu), there’s a command of the same name
> and similar behavior:
> 
> https://manpages.debian.org/trixie/daemon/daemon.1.en.html
> 
> If you want the housekeeping but don’t need to match the interface, your
> other option is to write a unit file and install it as a proper
> service. systemd will handle the housekeeping.
> 

Many thanks. It's odd, but 'man -k daemon' turned up nothing (mint 
zara), nor did a web search (too many matches perhaps saying what 
daemons do). But it does seem to be available to apt (sudo apt install 
daemon)



-- 
Mike Scott
Harlow, England

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daemon program? Mike Scott <usenet.16@scottsonline.org.uk.invalid> - 2025-09-04 08:08 +0100
  Re: daemon program? Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-04 08:26 +0100
    (resoilved) Re: daemon program? Mike Scott <usenet.16@scottsonline.org.uk.invalid> - 2025-09-04 08:38 +0100
      Re: (resoilved) Re: daemon program? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-09-04 09:22 +0000
        Re: (resoilved) Re: daemon program? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-09-04 06:12 -0400
          Re: (resoilved) Re: daemon program? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-04 20:54 +0000
      Re: (resoilved) Re: daemon program? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-05 04:05 +0000
        Re: (resoilved) Re: daemon program? Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-05 08:16 +0100
          Re: (resolved) Re: daemon program? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-05 07:55 +0000
    Re: daemon program? Mike Scott <usenet.16@scottsonline.org.uk.invalid> - 2025-09-10 09:01 +0100
      Re: daemon program? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-10 08:27 +0000
        Re: daemon program? Chris Elvidge <chris@internal.net> - 2025-09-10 12:04 +0100
          Re: daemon program? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-10 19:32 +0000
            Re: daemon program? Chris Elvidge <chris@internal.net> - 2025-09-11 13:46 +0100
              Re: daemon program? Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-11 18:48 +0100
      Re: daemon program? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-09-10 08:42 +0000
        Re: daemon program? Mike Scott <usenet.16@scottsonline.org.uk.invalid> - 2025-09-10 10:20 +0100
          Re: daemon program? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-09-10 09:37 +0000
            Re: daemon program? Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-09-10 11:08 +0100
              Re: daemon program? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-09-10 10:54 +0000
              Re: daemon program? Mike Scott <usenet.16@scottsonline.org.uk.invalid> - 2025-09-10 12:25 +0100
            Re: daemon program? Mike Scott <usenet.16@scottsonline.org.uk.invalid> - 2025-09-10 12:20 +0100
              Re: daemon program? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-09-10 11:31 +0000
                Re: daemon program? Mike Scott <usenet.16@scottsonline.org.uk.invalid> - 2025-09-10 16:52 +0100
          Re: daemon program? Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-11 08:49 +0100
            (resolved) Re: daemon program? Mike Scott <usenet.16@scottsonline.org.uk.invalid> - 2025-09-11 11:02 +0100
              Re: (resolved) Re: daemon program? Chris Elvidge <chris@internal.net> - 2025-09-11 13:53 +0100
                Re: (resolved) Re: daemon program? Mike Scott <usenet.16@scottsonline.org.uk.invalid> - 2025-09-12 16:19 +0100
              Re: (resolved) Re: daemon program? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-11 22:17 +0000

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