Top "Daemon" questions

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

How to kill the pm2 --no-daemon process

I'm using pm2 as the process manager of Node.js. In many cases, I think I will run it as …

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run a shell script and immediately background it, however keep the ability to inspect its output

How can I run a shell script and immediately background it, however keep the ability to inspect its output any …

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run Mac Chrome with command line arguments as a background process

I have 2 aliases on my .bash_profile file containing: alias chrome="/Applications/Google\\ \\Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\\ \\Chrome" alias …

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How to create a daemon process in Golang?

Has anyone here written a deamon process in Golang? Can you walk me through how to do that? Useful links …

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Call to daemon in a /etc/init.d script is blocking, not running in background

I have a Perl script that I want to daemonize. Basically this perl script will read a directory every 30 seconds, …

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adb socket not working and daemon

I am getting this type of error error: could not install smartsocket listener: cannot bind to 127.0.0.1:5037: Only one usage of …

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What's the difference between nohup and a daemon?

What are the implications of running a script as a daemon versus using nohup? I know what the difference is …

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How to Build a PHP Queue System

I had to build a PHP Queue System, and found this brilliant article http://squirrelshaterobots.com/programming/php/building-a-queue-server-in-php-part-1-understanding-the-project …

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How do I set up a daemon with python-daemon?

I'm new to daemons so apologies if this is a newbie question. In several other answers (for example, this question) …

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How do I daemonize an arbitrary script in unix?

I'd like a daemonizer that can turn an arbitrary, generic script or command into a daemon. There are two common …

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