Daemontools

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daemontools
Original author(s) Daniel J. Bernstein
Stable release
0.76 / July 12, 2001;23 years ago (2001-07-12) [1]
Written in C
Operating system Linux, [2] BSD, Unix
Type Init daemon
License Public domain software [3]
Website cr.yp.to/daemontools.html   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

daemontools is a process supervision toolkit written by Daniel J. Bernstein as an alternative to other system initialization and process supervision tools, such as Init.

Some of the features of daemontools are:

Similar applications are runit, s6, [4] and daemontools-encore. [5]

References

  1. Bernstein, Daniel (2001-07-12). "How to install daemontools". cr.yp.to. Retrieved 2013-12-12.
  2. "Tech Tip: Run services in Linux using daemontools". techrepublic.com. TechRepublic. 2004-08-12. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  3. Bernstein, Daniel. "Frequently asked questions from distributors". cr.yp.to. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  4. An overview of s6
  5. daemontools-encore