How to write a linux daemon with .Net Core

Question

I could just write a long-running CLI app and run it, but I\'m assuming it wouldn\'t comply to all the expectations one would have of a standards-compliant linux daemon (respond

Answer 1

Have you tried Thread.Sleep (Timeout.Infinite) ?

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading;

namespace Daemon {
    class Program {
        static int Main(string[] args) {
            if (Environment.OSVersion.Platform == PlatformID.Win32NT) {
                Log.Critical("Windows is not supported!");
                return 1;
            }
            Agent.Init();
            Agent.Start();
            if (Agent.Settings.DaemonMode || args.FirstOrDefault() == "daemon") {
                Log.Info("Daemon started.");
                Thread.Sleep(Timeout.Infinite);
            }
            Agent.Stop();
        }
    }
}