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

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