Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> writes: > On Tue, Aug 01, 2017 at 09:03:30PM -0400, dbosah wrote:
(I am not seeing your replies in this forum, dbosah. Please address your replies to the mailing list – not to an individual – if you want the discussion to continue.) > > And I'm still confused by the definition of a Daemon. The term is intended to distinguish a daemon from a typical process. What understanding do you already have of a typical process on the operating system? Does the term “process” mean anything? How about “terminal”? If you don't have a solid understanding of that, the definition is unlikely to help because it's making distinctions below the level you're used to thinking about. Did the Wikipedia article help? > In summary, and Ben will correct me if I'm wrong, a daemon is a > computer program that runs as a background task. That's not wrong, but “background task” is vague. I don't know what to assume about dbosah's understanding of processes to know how to help. I'd say: what characterises a daemon process is that it has no controlling terminal (it is “detached” from the terminal that initiated it). -- \ “As soon as we abandon our own reason, and are content to rely | `\ upon authority, there is no end to our troubles.” —Bertrand | _o__) Russell, _Unpopular Essays_, 1950 | Ben Finney _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor