libdaemon-dev

Package contains libraries, required by other applications as dependencies. Do not install separately.

lightweight C library for daemons - development files
libdaemon is a leightweight C library which eases the writing of UNIX daemons.
It consists of the following parts:
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* Wrapper around fork() for correct daemonization of a process
* Wrapper around syslog() for simple log output to syslog or STDERR
* An API for writing PID files
* An API for serializing signals into a pipe for use with select() or poll()
* An API for running subprocesses with STDOUT and STDERR redirected to syslog
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Routines like these are included in most of the daemon software available. It
is not simple to get these done right and code duplication is not acceptable.
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This package includes the header files and the static version of the library
and documentation.