daemontools
E224029
daemontools is a collection of Unix tools designed by Daniel J. Bernstein for reliable service supervision and process management.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| daemontools canonical | 5 |
| daemontools-encore | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2002181 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: daemontools Context triple: [Daniel J. Bernstein, notableWork, daemontools]
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A.
OpenRC
OpenRC is a dependency-based init system and service manager for Unix-like operating systems, designed as a lightweight and flexible alternative to systems like systemd.
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B.
systemd
systemd is a modern init system and service manager for Linux that handles system startup, process supervision, logging, and various core system functions.
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C.
Docker
Docker is an open-source platform that uses containerization to package, distribute, and run applications consistently across different computing environments.
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D.
Dracut
Dracut is a town in northeastern Massachusetts, United States, known for its suburban character and proximity to the city of Lowell.
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E.
Upstart
Upstart is an event-based init daemon developed for Linux systems to manage services and system startup and shutdown.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: daemontools Target entity description: daemontools is a collection of Unix tools designed by Daniel J. Bernstein for reliable service supervision and process management.
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A.
OpenRC
OpenRC is a dependency-based init system and service manager for Unix-like operating systems, designed as a lightweight and flexible alternative to systems like systemd.
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B.
systemd
systemd is a modern init system and service manager for Linux that handles system startup, process supervision, logging, and various core system functions.
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C.
Docker
Docker is an open-source platform that uses containerization to package, distribute, and run applications consistently across different computing environments.
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D.
Dracut
Dracut is a town in northeastern Massachusetts, United States, known for its suburban character and proximity to the city of Lowell.
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E.
Upstart
Upstart is an event-based init daemon developed for Linux systems to manage services and system startup and shutdown.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Unix software
ⓘ
service supervision suite ⓘ software package ⓘ |
| component |
envdir
ⓘ
envuidgid ⓘ fghack ⓘ multilog ⓘ pgrphack ⓘ readproctitle ⓘ setlock ⓘ setuidgid ⓘ softlimit ⓘ supervise ⓘ svc ⓘ svok ⓘ svscan ⓘ svstat ⓘ tai64n ⓘ tai64nlocal ⓘ |
| controlInterface | svc command ⓘ |
| designGoal |
reliable service supervision
ⓘ
simple process lifecycle management ⓘ |
| developer | Daniel J. Bernstein ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | source code tarball ⓘ |
| feature |
automatic service restarts
ⓘ
crash-only service model ⓘ log management via multilog ⓘ process supervision directories ⓘ simple text-based configuration ⓘ |
| homepage | https://cr.yp.to/daemontools.html ⓘ |
| influenced |
daemontools-boot scripts
ⓘ
daemontools-encore ⓘ
linked to:
daemontools
runit ⓘ s6 supervision suite ⓘ |
| license | public domain-like license ⓘ |
| loggingFormat | tai64n timestamps ⓘ |
| loggingTool | multilog ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Unix
ⓘ
Unix-like systems ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
process management
ⓘ
service supervision ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| restartPolicy | automatic restart on exit by supervise ⓘ |
| startMechanism | svscan scanning service directories ⓘ |
| statusInterface | svstat command ⓘ |
| supervisionDirectory | /service ⓘ |
| typicalInstallPath | /package/admin/daemontools ⓘ |
| usedWith |
djbdns
ⓘ
qmail ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: daemontools Description of subject: daemontools is a collection of Unix tools designed by Daniel J. Bernstein for reliable service supervision and process management.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: daemontools