daemon:tldr:c48e0

daemon: Run a command as a daemon which will restart if it crashes, with two attempts every 10 seconds.

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$ daemon --name="${name}" --respawn --attempts=2 --delay=10 ${command}

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This command is executing a program as a daemon (a background process) and it has the following options and parameters:

--name="${name}": Specifies a name for the daemon process, where ${name} is a placeholder that should be replaced with an actual name. This allows for easy identification of the daemon process.
--respawn: Instructs the daemon to automatically restart if it is terminated or crashes.
--attempts=2: Sets the maximum number of restart attempts for the daemon to 2. If the daemon fails or crashes twice in a row, it will not be automatically restarted.
--delay=10: Defines a delay of 10 seconds between each restart attempt. After a failure or crash, the daemon will wait for this specified delay before trying to restart.
${command}: Represents the command or program that the daemon will be running. This is a placeholder that should be replaced with the actual command or program name.

In summary, this command is used to start a program as a daemon with a specified name, enabling automatic restarts, allowing a limited number of restart attempts, and setting a delay between restart attempts.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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