# Daemon helper

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/daemon-helper/172276>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 18, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/daemon-helper/172276 "2009-07-18T14:21:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_Kelly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/a698b9/32.png) [@John\_Kelly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_Kelly)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/daemon-helper/172276/1 "2009-07-18T14:21:07Z")

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Start any program or script as a daemon.

ftp://ftp.isp2dial.com/users/jak/src/dh/

> My principal motivation for developing the daemon helper was to have  
> a tool which eliminates the need for coding daemon logic in programs  
> or scripts. In the tradition of other UNIX command line tools which  
> have short names, dh is its name.

See README for more info.