README

INTRODUCTION

daemonize runs a command as a Unix daemon. See the accompanying man page for full details.

INSTALLATION

Normal installation:

	$ sh configure
	$ make
	$ su 
	# make install

For a detailed report of the available "configure" options:

	$ sh configure --help

NOTES

1. I have personally compiled and tested daemonize on the following platforms:
   
   
   • Mac OS X
   • FreeBSD 4.x
   • Mandrake Linux 8.1
   • Fedora Linux (Fedora Core 3, 4 and 5)
   • Red Hat Linux 6.2, 8.0 and 9.0
   • CentOS 4 (CentOS is an open source enterprise Linux based on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux code base.)
   • Solaris (SunOS 5.8)
   
   
   
2. The accompanying "configure" script was generated with GNU autoconf version 2.1.3. It should work, as is, for most Unix systems. However, if you want to run autoconf yourself, you must use version 2.1.3. Autoconf version 2.5.x will NOT work!

AUTHOR

Brian Clapper, bmc @ clapper . org

LICENSE

With the exception of the "install-sh" script and the "getopt.c" source, this software is released under a BSD-style license. See the LICENSE file for details.

COPYRIGHT

With the exception of the "install-sh" script and the "getopt.c" source, this software is copyright © 2003, Brian M. Clapper