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   From: invalid@invalid.invalid   
      
   Mike Scott  writes:   
   > I've been using a program 'daemon' on freebsd   
   > (eg   
   > man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=daemon&sektion=8&manpath=Fre   
   BSD+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.   
      
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