If the configuration variable daemonise
is set to true, Polipo
will run as a daemon: it will fork and detach from its controlling
terminal (if any). The variable daemonise
defaults to false.
When Polipo is run as a daemon, it can be useful to get it to
atomically write its pid to a file. If the variable pidFile
is
defined, it should be the name of a file where Polipo will write its
pid. If the file already exists when it is started, Polipo will
refuse to run.