[Mono-dev] System.Unix.Native.Syscall.fork is commented out

[Miguel de Icaza]

> It seems to me that the one valid reason to fork() is to detach from the
> controlling terminal. This can (and should) be done before starting any
> threads other than Main(). So long as it is done right at the beginning, it
> seems unlikely it will cause problems.

You can do this in your script that invokes mono:

	#!/bin/sh
	mono /usr/lib/mydaemon/mydaemon.exe &

If you want to break the link to the terminal, you can call setsid.

Miguel.