I want to write a Ruby program that will always be running in the background (a daemon) on my Mac.
Can someone point me in the right direction on how this would be done?
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I want to write a Ruby program that will always be running in the background (a daemon) on my Mac.
Can someone point me in the right direction on how this would be done?
Use Daemonize.rb
Very simple sample: http://github.com/utkarsh2012/backitup/blob/master/backitup.rb
How to install daemons gem: