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   On 04/09/2025 08:26, Richard Kettlewell wrote:   
   > Mike Scott  writes:   
   >> I've been using a program 'daemon' on freebsd   
   >> (eg   
   >> man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=daemon&sektion=8&manpath=Fr   
   eBSD+14.3-RELEASE+and+Ports)   
   >>   
   >> which will run arbitrary programs as daemons, handling all the   
   >> necessary "house-keeping" for them.   
   >>   
   >> I can't find a ready-to-roll linux version - is there one please?   
   >   
   > If you want an (almost) identical interface then in Debian (and   
   > presumably therefore also Ubuntu), there’s a command of the same name   
   > and similar behavior:   
   >   
   > https://manpages.debian.org/trixie/daemon/daemon.1.en.html   
   >   
   > If you want the housekeeping but don’t need to match the interface, your   
   > other option is to write a unit file and install it as a proper   
   > service. systemd will handle the housekeeping.   
   >   
      
   Many thanks. It's odd, but 'man -k daemon' turned up nothing (mint   
   zara), nor did a web search (too many matches perhaps saying what   
   daemons do). But it does seem to be available to apt (sudo apt install   
   daemon)   
      
      
      
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