Top "Daemon" questions

A daemon is a process or program that runs in the background (i.e. requiring no user interaction).

Starting/stopping a launchd agent for all users with GUI sessions

I need to be able to start/stop a per-session GUI agent from a root level daemon. Similar issues are …

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Python/Django polling of database has memory leak

I've got a Python script running Django for database and memcache, but it's notably runnning as a standalone daemon (i.…

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Can I have some code constantly run inside Django like a daemon

I'm using mod_wsgi to serve a django site through Apache. I also have some Python code that runs as …

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Python-daemon doesn't kill its kids

When using python-daemon, I'm creating subprocesses likeso: import multiprocessing class Worker(multiprocessing.Process): def __init__(self, queue): self.queue = queue # …

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Starting a daemon from PHP

For a website, I need to be able to start and stop a daemon process. What I am currently doing …

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How do I implement a simple cross platform Python daemon?

I would like to have my Python program run in the background as a daemon, on either Windows or Unix. …

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Create a daemon with double-fork in Ruby

What is the proper way to create a well-behaved Unix or Linux daemon in Ruby? What is the definition of …

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Running Redis in daemonized form and using Upstart to manage it doesn't work

I've written an Upstart script for Redis as follows: description "Redis Server" start on runlevel [2345] stop on shutdown expect daemon …

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Check if key is pressed using python (a daemon in the background)

I've created a python script in which an event needs to be executed each time I press the Super (or …

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Apache jsvc fails to stop daemon

I am using a native compiled jsvc to launch a java daemon. I am running this on an openSUSE 32 bit …

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