Re^3: Generic Daemon Use

Here's another thought: run your Daemon in the foreground:

 newdaemon(
        progname        => 'ticktockd',
        pidfile         => '/var/run/ticktockd.pid',
        configfile      => '/etc/ticktockd.conf',
        foreground      => 1,
 );
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If it's running in the background you may never see any output.

non-Perl: Andy Ford

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Re^4: Generic Daemon Use by smist (Acolyte) on Feb 02, 2007 at 18:41 UTC
Thanks again. Foregrounding it I see that the Generic.pm module is calling a subroutine named write_file (for writing the pid file) that doesn't exist. I'm not sure where that particular subroutine is supposed to be found but I wrote added one of my own to that module file and got the daemon to run and stay running. I'll play around some more with it. I just needed to get past this hurdle. Thanks for your help!	[reply]
Re^5: Generic Daemon Use by dirving (Friar) on Feb 03, 2007 at 02:53 UTC
`write_file` is exported by `File::Slurp`, which the module uses at the top of the file. It looks like the return value from it isn't checked though, so if the problem is that it is failing to write the pidfile for some reason that would explain why your replacement of it with your own subroutine seems to help. -- David Irving	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: Generic Daemon Use by andyford (Curate) on Feb 02, 2007 at 18:54 UTC
Wow, you're right, that routine never got implemented, just documented. Hee. I'd report it as a bug non-Perl: Andy Ford	[reply] [d/l]


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