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Daemontools
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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:

• Easy service installation and removal
• Easy first-time service startup
• Reliable restarts
• Easy, reliable signalling
• Clean process state
• Portability

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

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References

cite-note-11. citerefbernstein2001Bernstein, Daniel (2001-07-12). "How to install daemontools". cr.yp.to. Retrieved 2013-12-12.
cite-note-22. "Tech Tip: Run services in Linux using daemontools". techrepublic.com. TechRepublic. 2004-08-12. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
cite-note-33. citerefbernsteinBernstein, Daniel. "Frequently asked questions from distributors". cr.yp.to. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
cite-note-44. An overview of s6
cite-note-55. daemontools-encore

External links

• Official daemontools website, maintained by the author