On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 10:23:35AM +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If I wish to run a binary (say, AIRC) as a daemon , what should I do ? > My thoughts are something like: > maybe add into /etc/rc.d , a file with an entry like > if [-x /path/AIRC] > ./path/AIRC #Execute this > > Please offer your views on this . I know I have not thought enough over my > own idea.
I don't know what AIRC is, but unless the program was designed to run as a daemon you're wasting your time. Detached processes running in the background are typically servers waiting for client connection, some kind of monitoring program or some kind of agent (fetchmail -d xxx ...). Maybe you just want to run a process periodically? If so, see "cron" or "at". -- Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
