On Sun, May 14, 2023 at 04:36:03PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote: > On Sun, May 14, 2023 at 05:04:50PM +0800, Tom Reed wrote: > > I know convert it to a perl script and run it under App::Daemon for > > background jobs. > > Having it as a systemd service is a much cleaner solution, whether > it is shell or Perl or any other language. > > The main point of the App::Daemon module is to detach from shell, > redirect stdout etc and provide start/stop/status commands, all of > which are provided by systemd. > > I suppose if aiming for it to be portable to other init systems it > could still be useful, but even so if on a machine with systemd I'd > run it as a systemd service and tell App::Daemon to run it > foreground (so that systemd takes care of backgrounding it).
Or, simply don't use App::Daemon at all. Just let your program work in a normal way -- as a single process, with no funky gymnastics. That's the easiest thing to handle. It's the correct way.
