run as a daemon

dellcom1800 · 08-10-2004, 03:06 PM

I am running to linux comps (RH8) the just run SETI@home from UC Berkeley. I would like to no how to run a program as a daemon so that i can remotely disengage/engage the program over ssh (using putty). this way when the shell closes out it is still running in the background

ToniT · 08-10-2004, 03:10 PM

gnu screen might be what you are looking for.

dellcom1800 · 08-10-2004, 03:14 PM

that seems to be more of a remote interface, i already have that, i just want to run the program

" ./setiathome " as a daemon

ToniT · 08-10-2004, 05:21 PM

ok, what do you mean to "remotely disengage/engage" the program?
Not to detach it with screen and reattach to it remotely later on?
How about using ctrl-z, bg, disown and kill then?
Or do you want to have own init script for it, in the same way you can start and stop eg. apache (/etc/init.d/apache stop, etc)? Then make a copy of one of them and alter it to your needs.

dellcom1800 · 08-10-2004, 09:43 PM

init scripts

sry for the confusion

supertrout · 10-15-2004, 01:30 AM

Well.. I think i figured your issue out friend... try this as a shell script.. lemme know if it works ---Edit after this--- Well.. yea.. I didnt read the last sentence of a few posts up.. but this will also work.. if you dont want to swim through those files ---edit before this--

As long as it runs one of them.. I think this should be fine..

Code:

#!/bin/bash


PID="`ps aux|grep <process name>|awk '{print $2}'`"

kill $PID

echo Killed!?

^^^ That to stop

Code:

#!/bin/bash

/path/to/thing/to/start
echo Started!?

^^^ To start

In my next release..(pfft) the starting script will just generate a pid file..it will also check for the pid file and alert you if more then one has been started...weeee... that should work.. should is the key word of course

dellcom1800 · 10-15-2004, 07:38 AM

thnx ill try that this weekend

that should really help...!!!