Package: moreutils
Version: 0.60-1
Severity: wishlist
I've run into the problem that a program doesn't daemonize itself, but
takes a while to initialize (making subsequent commands fail if run too
quickly).
For this purpose I've written `forkaftergrep`[1], which solves this
problem. It is not completely finished (I'd like some more features;
regex for one), but good enough for a first version.
I've already put a paragraph onto the discussion page[2], but thought a
proper 'bug' report might be better.
The tool is written in C and should only depend on a proper libc. I
currently put a GPLv3 license on it, but I am A-OK with a license change
to GPLv2, which moreutils is licensed under.
I'd like to hear some feedback on it; suitability for moreutils, code,
anything :-)
Tobias
[1] https://github.com/girst/forkaftergrep
[2] https://joeyh.name/code/moreutils/discussion/
