From: Daniel Berger <Daniel.Berger@...>
Date: 2006-07-14T00:16:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Nuby Q: Daemonize (other materials have been read!)

Rogue Amateur wrote:
> unknown wrote:
>> On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Rogue Amateur wrote:
>>
> 
> [snip]
> 
>>    fortytwo :~ > daemon sleep 42
>>
> 
> So, this works.  So does another, innocuous script I wrote.  I even 
> checked out the daemonize library the other person suggested, and it 
> works too.  My pain in the butt actually need it to work as a daemon, 
> however, does not work.
> 
> What could cause code which works in interactive mode to fail in daemon 
> mode?
> 
> I'm checking the code now, and I do have "if debug" statements which 
> output to STDOUT.  Could that be the problem?

I'm guessing that the daemon library calls setsid() behind the scenes, in which 
case there's no controlling terminal for that process.  I would think sending 
anything to STDOUT would just disappear into the ether, but I'm not positive.

Regards,

Dan


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