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- Move includes.nav*.sgml to share/sgml/navibar.ent and
<lang>/share/sgml/nabibar.l10n.ent.
- Move includes.sgml and includes.xsl to
share/sgml/common.ent, share/sgml/header.ent, <lang>/share/sgml/l10n.ent,
and <lang>?share/sgml/header.l10n.ent.
- Move most of XSLT libraries to share/sgml/*.xsl and
<lang>/share/sgml/*.xsl.
- Move news.xml and other *.xml files for the similar purpose
to share/sgml/*.xml and <lang>/share/sgml/*.xml.
- Switch to use a custom DTD for HTML document. Now we use
"-//FreeBSD//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional-Based Extension", which is
HTML 4.01 + some entities previously pulled via
"<!ENTITY % includes SYSTEM "includes.sgml"> %includes;" line.
The location of entity file will be resolved by using catalog file.
- Add DOCTYPE declearation to XML documents. This makes the followings
possible:
* Use of &foo; entities for SGML in an XML file instead of defining
{$foo} as the same content.
* &symbolic; entities for Latin characters.
- Duplicated information between SGML and XML, or English and
translated doc, has been removed as much as possible.
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional-Based Extension//EN" [
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<!ENTITY base CDATA "..">
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<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/copyright/daemon.sgml,v 1.28 2005/10/04 17:03:59 blackend Exp $">
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<!ENTITY title "The BSD Daemon">
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<!ENTITY % navinclude.about "INCLUDE">
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]>
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<html>
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&header;
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<p>The little red fellow that graces many of these pages is
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the BSD Daemon. In the context of &unix; systems, daemons
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are process that run in the background attending to various
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tasks without human intervention. In the general sense,
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daemon is an older form of the word demon. In the <em>Unix
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System Administration Handbook</em>, Evi Nemeth has this to
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say about daemons:</p>
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<blockquote>"Many people equate the word ``daemon'' with the
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word ``demon,'' implying some kind of Satanic connection
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between UNIX and the underworld. This is an egregious
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misunderstanding. ``Daemon'' is actually a much older form
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of ``demon''; daemons have no particular bias towards good
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or evil, but rather serve to help define a person's
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character or personality. The ancient Greeks' concept of a
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``personal daemon'' was similar to the modern concept of a
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``guardian angel'' --- ``eudaemonia'' is the state of being
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helped or protected by a kindly spirit. As a rule, UNIX
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systems seem to be infested with both daemons and demons."
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(p403)
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</blockquote>
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<p>The earliest (and most popular) renditions of the BSD Daemon were
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created by John Lasseter. More recent FreeBSD-specific
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renditions have done by
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<a href="http://FromTo.Cc/hosokawa/gallery/">
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Tatsumi Hosokawa</a>, but the basic inspiration was definitely John's.
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The copyright holder and creator of the daemon image is
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<a href="mailto:mckusick@mckusick.com">Marshall Kirk McKusick</a>.
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A short <a href="http://www.mckusick.com/beastie/index.html">pictorial
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history</a> is also available. There is a gallery of FreeBSD related
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<A HREF="../publish.html">publications</A> that use
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variations of the daemon graphic.</p>
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<p>Various size stuffed and beanie daemons are available from
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<a href="http://www.freebsdmall.com">the FreeBSD Mall</a>
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<img alt="beanie daemon" src="../gifs/plueschtier-tiny.jpg">. In Europe, German-made
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stuffed daemons are also available from
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<a href="http://lem.freibergnet.de/fgnet/fanshop.html">Liebscher & Partner</a>.
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<p><a href="http://www.scotgold.com/acatalog/ScotGold_Catalogue_BSD_Daemon_Stuff_3.html">ScotGold</a>
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produce 1" case badges featuring BSD Daemon.
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<p>BSD Daemon Copyright 1988 by Marshall Kirk McKusick. All
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Rights Reserved.</p>
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<p>Permission to use the daemon may be obtained from:</p>
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<blockquote>Marshall Kirk McKusick<br> 1614 Oxford St<br>
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Berkeley, CA 94709-1608<br> USA</blockquote>
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<p>or via email at <a
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href="mailto:mckusick@mckusick.com">mckusick@mckusick.com</a>.
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</p>
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<p></p><A HREF="copyright.html">Legal Home</a>
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&footer;
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</body>
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</html>
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