[syslinux] tftp-hpa standalone in foreground

Darryl Miles darryl-mailinglists at netbauds.net
Sun Jan 14 02:09:35 PST 2007


Geert Stappers wrote:
>> Yes, but no. It forks itself in the background when going standalone,
>> which is NOT what I want :)
> 
> Mmm, interresting.
> 
> Why should the fork (to the background) be avoided?

So you can put it in a mission critical loop I guess to make sure its 
always running (or have a custom parent process to manage the tftp 
process lifetime).


Maybe:

-l (works as now for compatability)
-l -l (standalone mode but don't fork)


Darryl




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