I have C file and i want it to run as a daemon process in linux.

Anuradha12345 · 08-23-2012, 06:39 AM

I have C file and i want it to run as a daemon process in linux.I m new to linux i dont no how i can make a a c file to run as a daemon process? Help me out.

414N · 08-23-2012, 06:44 AM

You can't run a C file, as it's only a source code file.
You probably meant you've got a C program of your own you want to daemonize.
A daemon is just a program that "lurks in the dark" waiting for some stimuli to perform some action. Those stimuli could be signals, incoming connections, input from a pipe etc. In general, they're all stimuli which the daemon process needs to wait for performing a blocking wait, i.e. a read() syscall.
Without further detail as what this daemon needs to do I cannot say anything more.

pixellany · 08-23-2012, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Anuradha12345

Help me out.

Adding "Please" would be a good start.

A C file first needs to be compiled into executable code. If that's new to you, then learn the basics of compilation before worrying about special-purpose SW such as Daemons.

NevemTeve · 08-23-2012, 07:01 AM

something like this:

Code:

cd /; nohup yourprogramname &>/dev/null &