Motion - Config Option Daemon

daemon

  • Type: Boolean
  • Range / Valid values: on, off
  • Default: off
  • Group: System Processing

Start in daemon (background) mode and release terminal. This option must be placed in motion.conf and not in a thread config file., Start in daemon (background) mode and release terminal. This option must be placed in motion.conf and not in a thread config file.

Daemon mode is what you typically will use once you are done experimenting and have motion run permanently in the background on a server.

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Topic revision: r7 - 07 Aug 2016, KennethLavrsen
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