Re: sdnotify-wrapper docs clarification

From: Profpatsch <mail_at_profpatsch.de>
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 18:34:47 +0100

Brett Neumeier <bneumeier_at_gmail.com> writes:

> On Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 8:30 AM Profpatsch <mail_at_profpatsch.de> wrote:
>
>> > -f: do not doublefork. Use if the daemon waits for children it does
>> > not know it has (for instance, superservers do this). When in doubt,
>> > do not use that option, or you may have a zombie hanging around.
>> Is the “that” here referring to the `-f` option or the daemon?
>> In the first case, “do not use >this< option” is less ambiguous.
>>
> Hello Profpatsch!
>
> Double-forking is a common idiom for daemon processes, as described for
> example here:
>
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/881388
>
> …

Thanks all for the explanations!

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