daemon

turn processes into Unix daemons

TLDR

Run a command as a daemon

$ daemon --name="[name]" [command]

Run with automatic restart on crash

$ daemon --name="[name]" -r [command]

Restart with limited attempts and delay

$ daemon --name="[name]" -r --attempts=2 --delay=10 [command]

Run daemon with error logging

$ daemon --name="[name]" --errlog=[path/to/file.log] [command]

Stop a daemon

$ daemon --name="[name]" --stop

List all daemons

$ daemon --list

SYNOPSIS

daemon [options] [--] command [args]

daemon turns other processes into proper Unix daemons. It handles the standard daemonization tasks: forking, creating a new session, changing directory, closing file descriptors, and optionally respawning on exit.
Useful for running scripts or programs as background services without modifying the program itself.

PARAMETERS

--name name

Daemon name for identification

-r, --respawn

Restart if the command exits

--attempts n

Maximum restart attempts

--delay seconds

Delay between restart attempts

--errlog file

Log stderr to file

--output file

Log stdout to file

--stop

Stop the named daemon

--list

List running daemons

CAVEATS

Different from systemd services. For production services, consider using systemd units instead. PID file management should be coordinated to avoid conflicts.