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Zwetan Kjukov edited this page May 18, 2016 · 2 revisions

Building Daemon Programs

Daemon (wikipedia)

In multitasking computer operating systems, a daemon (/ˈdiːmən/ or /ˈdeɪmən/)
is a computer program that runs as a background process, rather than being
under the direct control of an interactive user.
Traditionally, the process names of a daemon end with the letter d,
for clarification that the process is, in fact, a daemon, and for
differentiation between a daemon and a normal computer program.
For example, syslogd is the daemon that implements the system logging facility,
and sshd is a daemon that services incoming SSH connections.

Under Linux

Different things

  • using &
  • using nohup and &
  • using System V Init
  • using Upstart
  • using systemd

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Under Mac OS X

Mainly about using and configuring LaunchD.

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Under Windows

Daemons are in general called services under Windows, even if the principle is the same, the internals are much different.

Different things

  • using sc.exe / srvany.exe
  • using nssm

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Misc

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