daemonize

Detachedly execute a program from its parent

This utility allows programs to run as children of init, which can be useful if you don't care about a program's text output and you want to free the shell, as in cases of GUI programs.

Usage

Build the program

./autogen.sh && ./configure && make

Install the program (optional)

make install

Use the --prefix option of configure if you want a custom install location.

Run it with something

./daemonize program arg1 arg2 arg3 ...