```rust extern crate daemonize_rs;
use daemonize_rs::daemonize; use std::{thread, time, process, io}; use io::Write;
fn main() { match daemonize("pidfile.txt") { // we are now in the daemon, use this handle to detach from the parent process Ok(handle) => { let mut count = 0; loop { // the daemon's output is piped to the parent process' stdout println!("Count: {}", count); if count == 5 { handle.detachwithmsg("count has reached 5, continuing in background"); } thread::sleep(time::Duration::fromsecs(1)); count += 1; } } // the daemon or the parent process may receive this error, // just print it and exit Err(e) => { // if this is the daemon, this is piped to the parent's stderr eprintln!("{}", e); // don't forget to flush io::stderr().flush(); process::exit(1); } } }
```
This crate is distributed under the terms of GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE version 3.0.
See LICENSE for details.