Top "Daemon" questions

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

Nginx daemon stop is failing

I've got Ubuntu 11.04 i386 server with nginx 1.0.11 installed. Also, I'm using this init.d script, the only one I've found …

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Redirect the "puts" command output to a log file

I am working on creating a daemon in Ruby using the daemons gem. I want to add output from the …

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Communicating with a running python daemon

I wrote a small Python application that runs as a daemon. It utilizes threading and queues. I'm looking for general …

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What is the easiest way to "detach/daemonize" a Bash script?

What I am trying to do is write a Bash script that sleeps for a set amount of time before …

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Docker deamon config path under mac os

I am using docker in Version 1.12.0 (build 10871) on Mac OS (El Capitan 10.11.4) and I want to provide a config file …

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Killing gracefully a .NET Core daemon running on Linux

I created a .NET Core console application running as a daemon on a Ubuntu 14.04 machine. I want to stop the …

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Make a Ruby program a daemon?

I want to write a Ruby program that will always be running in the background (a daemon) on my Mac. …

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How does the JVM terminate daemon threads? or How to write daemon threads that terminate gracefully

Hypothetical scenario: I have a daemon thread responsible for some I/O, the main thread finishes and returns, and the …

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How do I code a Mono Daemon

I'm trying to write a Mono C# daemon for linux. I'd like to do a starts and stops of it …

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Is it possible to set up MongoDB in a shared hosting environment?

I'm using GoDaddy and would like to use MongoDB for a pet project. I'm not sure it is possible though, …

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