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> Why is it such a difficult idea for the "daemon" writers to accept is beyond me There's plenty of old documentation out there saying things like "a proper da
by matheusmoreira 3y ago
> Why is it such a difficult idea for the "daemon" writers to accept is beyond me
There's plenty of old documentation out there saying things like "a proper daemon completely detaches from its controlling terminal, opens log files, etc."
- Joker_vD 3y agoThere is also plenty of old documentation that strongly advises against doing that, see [0] for references (e.g. the aside with an excerpt from the 1995-era AIX docs). [0] https://jdebp.uk/FGA/unix-daemon-design-mistakes-to-avoid.html https://jdebp.uk/FGA/unix-daemon-design-mistakes-to-avoid.ht...