Handling Processes and Daemons

This chapter will introduce you to how to handle the properties of the current process using the Go standard library, and how to change them. We will also focus on how to create child processes and give an overview of the os/exec package.

Finally, we will explain what daemons are, what properties they have, and how to create them using the standard library.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

• Understanding processes
• Child processes
• Beginning with daemons
• Creating a service