Daemon Processes : Process « Development « Ruby

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Daemon Processes

def daemonize
  fork do
    Process.setsid
    exit if fork
    Dir.chdir('/')
    STDIN.reopen('/dev/null')
    STDOUT.reopen('/dev/null', 'a')

    STDERR.reopen('/dev/null', 'a')
    trap("TERM") { exit }
    yield
  end
end

daemonize do
  # You can do whatever you like in here and it will run in the background
  
end

puts "The daemon process has been launched!"

 

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