Erlang Solutions: Naming your Daemons
Within Unix systems, a daemon is a long-running background process which does not directly interact with users. Many similar processes exist within a BEAM application. At times it makes sense to name them, allowing sending messages without requiring the knowledge of their process identifier (aka PID). There are several benefits to naming processes, these include:
- Organised processes: using a descriptive and meaningful name organises the processes in the system. It cla … ⌘ Read more