[SOLVED] 'daemon' command?

alienDog · 02-16-2010, 08:35 AM

I recently installed a software package that needs a command called 'daemon' to be able to start up. Slackware doesn't seem to have this command and I'm unable to find it. Where can I get it and what exactly is it that it does?

pixellany · 02-16-2010, 08:42 AM

"daemon" is a generic term for a program that runs in the background. Perhaps the instructions are telling you to run a command which starts a daemon......e.g. after installing cups, you start it by entering "cupsd".

Please tell us what the package is and exactly what the instructions say.

rg3 · 02-16-2010, 08:47 AM

Maybe the guy is right. I've seen a "daemon" command in some BSDs I've worked with.

http://www.digipedia.pl/man/doc/view/daemon.8.html

No idea where to get the code, though.

Edit: libslack, which is not directly related to Slackware, seems to have a daemon command:

http://libslack.org/

pixellany · 02-16-2010, 08:58 AM

I found a system call called "daemon", but not a BASH command. If you run an exectuable that want to run in background, I'm betting it uses this system call.

Alien Bob · 02-16-2010, 09:18 AM

If you source the file "/etc/rc.d/init.d/functions" then your bash shell will have the function available called "daemon".
So, in the program's startup script add this line somewhere at the top:

Code:

source /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

Eric

pixellany · 02-16-2010, 09:20 AM

Interesting, but we don't yet know if that's what OP needs.....

alienDog · 12-07-2011, 08:00 AM

Old post, but I'll add this anyway in case somebody else needs it too. Like rg3 pointed out, this is indeed what it is:

http://www.libslack.org/daemon/

It compiles and runs just fine in Slackware, but usually it's also possible to just edit the rc-scripts so that they don't need it. The daemon function in /etc/init.d/functions is not compatible with this (how else...)