Top "Daemon" questions

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

What is the difference between a detached thread and a daemon thread?

I understand that all daemon threads are detached threads, but why are all detached threads not daemon? Say thread "main" …

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Daemonizing a python script in debian

I have a python script that i want to run in the background on startup. This is the script: #!/usr/…

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Any way to boost JVM Startup Speed?

It is said that Java is 10x faster than python in terms of performance. That's what I see from benchmarks …

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Maintaining Logging and/or stdout/stderr in Python Daemon

Every recipe that I've found for creating a daemon process in Python involves forking twice (for Unix) and then closing …

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Does endless While loop take up CPU resources?

From what I understand, you write your Linux Daemon that listens to a request in an endless loop. Something like.. …

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java background/daemon/service cross platform best practices

I am looking for the best way to make my desktop java program run in the background (daemon/service?) across …

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How to run own daemon processes with Django?

In my Django project I have to do repeatedly some processing in the background. This processing needs access to Django …

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How to IPC between PHP clients and a C Daemon Server?

and thanks for taking a look at the question. The background I have several machines that continuously spawn multiple (up …

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Run Sidekiq as daemon on Ubuntu

How can I run sidekiq as daemon on Ubuntu? If I run bundle exec sidekiq -D I get invalid option: …

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How can I get Jsvc to find the DaemonLoader?

I have the commons-daemon-x.jar in the classpath. The Jsvc is successfully launching the Java VM. But jsvc is reporting …

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