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by matheusmoreira 844 days ago
> Why is it such a difficult idea for the "daemon" writers to accept is beyond me

There's plenty of old documentation out there saying things like "a proper daemon completely detaches from its controlling terminal, opens log files, etc."

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There is also plenty of old documentation that strongly advises against doing that, see [0] for references (e.g. the aside with an excerpt from the 1995-era AIX docs).

[0] https://jdebp.uk/FGA/unix-daemon-design-mistakes-to-avoid.ht...