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# pt — daemonless background processes for Linux (WIP)
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Run and manage background processes without daemon or root privileges. `pt` is a small process manager with limited capabilities
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`pt` stands for process tool.
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## Features
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- Run arbitrary command in background. The process will be adopted by /sbin/init.
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- No daemon needed. `pt` just stores pidfile in runtime directory and checks procfs on invokation.
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- Run commands defined in the configuration file.
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- Set environment and working directory for process.
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- Run commands selected by labels.
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- Print defined commands and currently running commands.
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- [not implemented] Run commands without writing configuration file.
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- [not implemented] TUI.
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## Install
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First install [V compiler](https://github.com/vlang/v).
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Clone this repo and do:
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```
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cd pt
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make
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install -Dm0755 pt $HOME/.local/bin/pt
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install -Dm0644 completion.bash ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/bash-completion/completions/pt
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```
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Next step is configuration.
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## Configuration
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Default configuration file is `~/.ptrc`. This is [TOML](https://toml.io) format file.
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See full configuration example with comments in [ptrc.toml](ptrc.toml).
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