[systemd-devel] can't start shell script in the background

[Barry Scott]

> On 2 Dec 2022, at 14:56, Lentes, Bernd <bernd.lentes at helmholtz-muenchen.de> wrote:
> 
> [Service]
> ExecStart=/root/skripte/dev_shm_inotifywait.sh
> Type=exec
> # ExecStart=/usr/bin/inotifywait "-e delete -d -o /var/log/monitordev_shm.log -r --timefmt %d.%m.%Y-%H:%M:%S --format %w%f:%e:%T /dev/shm"
> # Restart=always

The Type= does not match how inotifywait is being run. You would need Type=fork (I think).

But use Type=simple and remove the -d. With systemd its not necessary to use a "daemon" mode.
Daemon mode is legacy in an systemd wolld and will just make maintaining the service harder then is necessary.

Barry

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