On 08/01/02 16:49 +0800, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > +++ Shridhar Daithankar [linux-india] <08/01/02 13:55 +0530>: > > $ nohup progname >log 2>&1 log & > > > > Isn't it funny so many things daemons does today when daemon actually stands > > for 'Disks and execution monitor'. (Yes it has nothing to do with demon as in > > BSD mascot..) > > bsd mascot (the bsd daemon) is likely a pun on demon / daemon Disk And Execution MONitor was coined after the term daemon originated.
A daemon is a helpful spirit. The BSD mascot *is* derived from the daemon. See the jargon file for all the gory details Devdas Bhagat _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
