From: Vivek Nallur <nvivek@...>
Date: 2002-06-15T14:09:25+09:00
Subject: Re: daemon


Many thanks.

regs
Vivek


On Fri, 14 Jun 2002, Kirk Haines wrote:

> > How do I make a script run as a deamon in ruby? I'm trying to create a
> > variation on fetchmail and hence I want it to run in daemon mode, when
> > invoked by root or so 'optioned'
>
>
> Here's one way:
>
> def startDaemon
>   if (child_pid = fork)
>     #I'm the parent.  Do whatever a parent might do, such as store the
>     #PID in a file or report it to STDOUT so that something else can
>     #capture the info and store it.
>     puts "PID #{child_pid}"
>     exit
>   end
>
>   #Now, I am the child.  I want to be free of my parent.
>   Process.setsid
> end
>
>
> Call startDaemon(), and when it returns, it will be the daemonized child
> process that returns.
>
>
> Kirk Haines
>
>
>

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