> OK, I completely understand. It makes sense. It's pretty slick, too. I
> never would have thought of it.
>
> Being a daemontools enthusiast, I still don't see fork_parent() as an
> asset in late boot. But I have a feeling it, or something similar,
> could be an asset in different contexts. As a matter of fact, in my
> UMENU program, I might change my backgrounding code to incorporate
> that, and perhaps in doing so eliminate some sleep kludges.

Yay. I am glad that the explanation was helpful.

regards

marc