Re: Terminate and Stay Resident Software (TSR) in Linux


karthikbg wrote:
Hi,
What is the equivalent of TSR in linux ?
[snip]

Excluding daemons, there is no equivalent of the MSDOS TSR in the Linux
environment.

<opinion>
TSRs were a dirty hack to give a pseudo-multi-tasking facade to an
inherently single-tasking single-threaded program loader that
masqueraded as an operating system. They have no place in a
well-designed OS like Linux.
</opinion>

Tell us what it is that you think a Linux TSR will do for you, and
we'll tell you the /proper/ way to do it.

HTH
--
Lew

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