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Link for the ignorant and lazy, as I once was: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launchd

Seems like a decent idea. According to Wikipedia, Ubuntu considered it in 2006 when they were looking for a new unit system, but didn't like that it was under Apple's own license, which was shortly thereafter changed to the Apache license.

I'll remember it if I want to do something unconventional on a system.



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