[syslinux] tftp-hpa standalone in foreground

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Mon Jan 15 01:27:40 PST 2007


Darryl Miles wrote:
> 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)
> 

I have added -L to the current git tree.  I'll probably make a release 
in a few days, time permitting.

	-hpa




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