Problem daemonizing script from systemd service

[vbr96]

Hello,

When I try to daemonize a script from a systemd service:

[Unit]
After=network.target
[Service]
ExecStart=/home/vbr/daemonize/daemonize /home/vbr/service/dfhome.sh
[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

the script works randomly; it writes a few bytes to the file and stop working.

The dfhome.sh script is:

#!/bin/sh

while true ; do
/bin/date >> /home/vbr/service/disk_space_report.txt
/usr/bin/du -sh /home/ >> /home/vbr/service/disk_space_report.txt
/bin/sleep 15
done

I have tried to set the stdout to the file and replace the redirection from the script, but it not works.

However, if I exec the script directly without daemonizing it (...ExecStart=/home/vbr/service/dfhome.sh
..) , it works ok. But I prefer to daemonize in order to close files, run in background, dissasociate from terminal, etc.

Thank you.

Regards,
Vic.

[drawks]

Change your systemd unit to specify Type=simple there is no need to daemonize a program run under systemd.