On Wed, 23 Sep 1998 11:38:59 Lucas Leonardo wrote:
> There is a good template source code for daemon,
> ftp://ftp.uu.net/published/books/stevens.*.z. A good book on TCP/IP
programming by
> Steven.
>
> James wrote:
>
> > how do i write a daemon? I know what they are (little programs that do
something
> > useful in the background), but are they just normal programs that get pushed
> > into the background?
> >
> > how do i make one (e.g foobar) and have it so that it runs in the background
> > if you type 'foobar -D' (or something).
> > I have a feeling it has something to do with fork() but how? For a fork() to
> > work you need a parent process and a child don't you?
One of Stevens' other books "Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment" is
readable, authoratative and deals with the subject of this thread and many
others from this list in conciderable depth. It is one of my most useful
references.
David Ross
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Toad Technologies
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