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* Update all dependencies * Remove all `[[constraint]]` from Gopkg.toml * Add in the minimum number of `[[override]]` to build * Remove go get of github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap as it is vendored * Update docs with new policy on constraints
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# go-daemon [](https://travis-ci.org/sevlyar/go-daemon) [](https://godoc.org/github.com/sevlyar/go-daemon)
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Library for writing system daemons in Go.
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Now supported only UNIX-based OS (Windows is not supported). But the library was tested only on Linux
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and OSX, so that if you have an ability to test the library on other platforms, give me feedback, please (#26).
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*Please, feel free to send me bug reports and fixes. Many thanks to all contributors.*
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## Features
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* Goroutine-safe daemonization;
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* Out of box work with pid-files;
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* Easy handling of system signals;
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* The control of a daemon.
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## Installation
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go get github.com/sevlyar/go-daemon
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You can use [gopkg.in](http://labix.org/gopkg.in):
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go get gopkg.in/sevlyar/go-daemon.v0
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If you want to use the library in production project, please use vendoring,
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because i can not ensure backward compatibility before release v1.0.
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## Examples
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* [Simple](examples/cmd/gd-simple/)
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* [Log rotation](examples/cmd/gd-log-rotation/)
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* [Signal handling](examples/cmd/gd-signal-handling/)
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## Documentation
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[godoc.org/github.com/sevlyar/go-daemon](https://godoc.org/github.com/sevlyar/go-daemon)
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## How it works
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We can not use `fork` syscall in Golang's runtime, because child process doesn't inherit
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threads and goroutines in that case. The library uses a simple trick: it runs its own copy with
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a mark - a predefined environment variable. Availability of the variable for the process means
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an execution in the child's copy. So that if the mark is not setted - the library executes
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parent's operations and runs its own copy with mark, and if the mark is setted - the library
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executes child's operations:
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```go
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func main() {
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Pre()
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context := new(Context)
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child, _ := context.Reborn()
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if child != nil {
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PostParent()
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} else {
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defer context.Release()
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PostChild()
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}
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}
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```
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