The Unidata Local Data Manager (LDM) system includes network client and server programs designed for event-driven data distribution, and is the fundamental component of the Unidata Internet Data Distribution (IDD) system.
The '-l' ("minus el") option on ldmd allows one to choose where the LDM logs go: stderr, a log file, or the system log (if the option is omitted).
However, this option also has a second function: If it's set to stderr, the LDM chooses not to daemonize itself. If either of the other two settings are chosen, then it will daemonize itself.
It would be nice if these two settings could be separated into two options, one to control log location and the other to control daemonizing.
The '-l' ("minus el") option on ldmd allows one to choose where the LDM logs go: stderr, a log file, or the system log (if the option is omitted).
However, this option also has a second function: If it's set to stderr, the LDM chooses not to daemonize itself. If either of the other two settings are chosen, then it will daemonize itself.
It would be nice if these two settings could be separated into two options, one to control log location and the other to control daemonizing.