page request: macOS internal daemons and agents

pixelcmtd commented 2 years ago

Most of these can be reduced to the following template:

# foobard

> This does foobar.
> It should not be invoked manually.
> More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/foobard.8.html>.

- Start the daemon:

`foobard`

~~A good alternative if manpagez doesn't have the man page is https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/foobard.8.html.~~ Use https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages for the man pages.

And by the way: I'm testing a tldrgal feature right now that's gonna make them super simple.

[ ] accountsd
[ ] AEServer
[x] airportd → #7608
[ ] AMPSystemPlayerAgent
[x] auditd (has 2 flags) → #6705
[ ] AuthBrokerAgent
[x] autofsd → #8670
[x] automountd → #7608
[ ] AppleCameraAssistant
[x] applecamerad (doesn't even have a manpage) → #7005
[ ] appleh13camerad (there is literally zero information, there are probably others with similar names like appleh10camerad)
[ ] appleeventsd
[ ] AppleQEMUGuestAgent
[ ] AppleVNCServer
[ ] applessdstatistics
[x] appsleepd → #6705
[ ] appstoreagent
[ ] appstored
[ ] AssetCache
[ ] AssetCacheAgent
[ ] AssetCacheLocatorService
[ ] AssetCacheManagerService
[ ] AssetCacheTetheratorService
[x] avbdeviced → #6705
[x] backupd → #8629
[ ] backupd-helper
[x] biomesyncd → #8670
[ ] biokitaggdd
[x] biometrickitd → #8670
[x] bird → #6705
[x] bnepd → #6705
[ ] bootpd
[ ] CFNetworkAgent
[x] cloudd → #8670
[ ] CloudKeychainProxy
[x] cloudphotod → #6705
[x] cfprefsd → #6705
[ ] com.apple.cmio.registerassistantservice
[ ] com.apple.ifdreader
[ ] com.apple.Safari.SafeBrowsing.Service
[ ] com.apple.speech.speechsynthesisd
[ ] configd
[ ] contactsd
[ ] contactsdonationagent
[ ] containermanagerd
[x] coreaudiod → #6705
[x] coreautha → #7608
[x] coreauthd → #7608
[x] corebrightnessd→#8629
[ ] corecaptured
[x] coredatad → #8670
[ ] coreimportd
[ ] coremotionlivabilityd
[ ] corespotlightd
[ ] corestoraged
[ ] coresymbolicationd
[x] ctkd → #8670
[ ] cvfsd
[ ] CVMCompiler
[ ] CVMServer
[ ] deleted → #8670
[ ] dhcp6d → #8670
[ ] diagnosticd
[ ] diagnostics_agent
[ ] diskarbitrationd
[ ] diskmanagementd
[ ] diskspaced (has no man page, is a part of StorageManagement.framework)
[x] distnoted → #6705
[x] emond (has 2 flags) → #6705
[x] filecoordinationd → #6705
[ ] fileproviderd
[ ] financed
[x] fontd→#8629
[ ] fontmover
[ ] GSSCred
[x] hidd → #8670
[ ] installd
[ ] installerauthagent
[x] InternetSharing → #8670
[ ] iOSScreenCaptureAssistant
[ ] kdumpd
[ ] kernelmanagerd
[ ] kuncd
[x] launchd → #6705
[ ] lsd
[ ] mapspushd
[ ] mbbackgrounduseragent
[ ] mds
[ ] mdworker_shared (doesn't have a manpage, but its usage is obvious if you know a bit about mds, mds invokes it like /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework/Versions/A/Support/mdworker_shared -s mdworker -c MDSImporterWorker -m com.apple.mdworker.shared)
[ ] mdls
[ ] mdutil
[ ] mdfind
[ ] mdbulkimport
[ ] md_stores
[ ] mdwrite
[ ] mdsync
[ ] mdflagwriter
[ ] mediasharingd
[ ] metrickitd
[ ] mstreamd
[ ] navd
[ ] natpmpd
[ ] neagent
[ ] nehelper
[ ] nesessionmanager
[ ] networkserviceproxy
[ ] nexusd
[x] nfcd → #7608
[ ] nlcd
[x] notifyd (has 1 flag) → #6705
[ ] nsurlsessiond
[x] ocspd → #6705
[ ] odmigrationtool
[ ] odproxyd
[ ] opendirectoryd
[ ] otherbsd
[ ] parentalcontrolsd
[ ] parsecd
[ ] passd
[ ] PerfPowerServices
[ ] pkd
[x] photolibraryd → #6705
[x] photoanalysisd → #6705
[x] pppd (should also be more detailed and maybe even in common, apparently it's a samba thing) → #6705
[ ] printtool
[ ] quicklookd
[ ] sandboxd
[ ] SecurityAgent
[x] securityd → #6705
[x] secd → #6705
[ ] seld
[ ] ServicesUIAgent
[ ] SharePointManagementService
[ ] smd
[ ] snmpd
[x] sntpd → #7005
[ ] softwareupdated
[ ] SoftwareUpdateNotificationManager
[ ] spindump_agent
[ ] storedownloadd
[ ] suggestd
[ ] swcd
[x] symptomsd → #8670
[ ] syslogd (we should have one in common, but probably also a macos specific one)
[ ] syspolicyd
[ ] system_installd
[x] systemsoundserverd → #8670
[ ] tailspind
[ ] talkd (the man page is actually called ntalkd)
[ ] taskgated
[ ] taskgated-helper
[x] timed → #6705
[x] translationd→#8629
[ ] trustd
[ ] trustdFileHelper
[ ] trustevaluationagent
[x] universalaccessd → #6705
[ ] UniversalControl
[ ] update_automator_cache
[x] usernoted → #6705
[x] vpnd (this should go more into detail) → #6705
[x] warmd → #8629
[ ] warmd_agent
[x] watchdogd → #8670
[x] watchlistd → #8670
[x] webinspectord → #8670
[ ] WiFiAgent
[ ] wifihelper
[ ] wifip2pd
[ ] WiFiVelocityAgent
[x] wifivelocityd → #9113
[x] wps → #8670
[x] wwand → #9113
[x] xartstorageremoted → #9113
[x] xsand → #9113

A few of there might be available on other OSes, too, especially FreeBSD. If you notice that, please create it in common.

How to find them

tldrgal missing | grep 'd$' # if you have tldrgal in your PATH
ls /usr/share/man/man8/
ls -lh `fd -t file . /System/Library/Frameworks | grep -vE '\.[a-zA-Z]+$' | grep -v 'CodeResources$'` --color=always | grep x | grep -v 'Python\.framework' # needs fd
ls /usr/libexec/

I also sometimes just see something in Activity Monitor and wonder what it's doing

morganhoward commented 2 years ago

hi, I'd like to work on this one.

morganhoward commented 2 years ago

for this issue, what should the commit msg look like? the contribution guidelines give some examples that may apply:

ls: add page, or
grep, find, locate: synchronize format of wildcards

bc there are so many pages in this issue, is one commit with all of them okay, and if so, what should it look like? the second bullet above would end up violating the convention of limiting the subject line to 50 characters.

would this be okay?:

macOS internal daemons: add pages.
* appsleepd
* auditd
...

or, would you like there to be a commit per page?

pixelcmtd commented 2 years ago

@morganhoward What you make your commit message doesn't matter. We squash & merge, so the commit message is chosen by the person that merges.

tldr-pages / tldr

page request: macOS internal daemons and agents #6596

How to find them