how to run a program as a daemon?

iclinux · 04-19-2005, 10:55 PM

hi,there

I'm now write a shell-script to run a program as a daemon, as follow:

Code:

...
startproc         $TEST_PROGRAM
(or start_daemon $PROGRAM_FULL_PATH)
...

But when I run it, $TEST_PROGRAM still prints info on the screen.

How to solve it ?

Best Regards.

scuzzman · 04-19-2005, 10:58 PM

To background a program with no output, I use this:

Code:

prog_name > /dev/null 2> /dev/null &

iclinux · 04-20-2005, 12:11 AM

scuzzman, thanks a lot