From 66ca17f8998da15a29a2331554473a0da54053cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bjorn3 <17426603+bjorn3@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2025 10:05:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] init: Add a nowait command that immediately daemonizes

This is useful for daemons on which no other daemon has a dependency as
those would no longer need to use redox_daemon to daemonize themself.
---
 init/src/main.rs | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/init/src/main.rs b/init/src/main.rs
index 42bf6fbd29..a20e489f32 100644
--- a/init/src/main.rs
+++ b/init/src/main.rs
@@ -179,6 +179,22 @@ pub fn run(file: &Path) -> Result<()> {
                             env::remove_var(&arg);
                         }
                     }
+                    "nowait" => {
+                        if let Some(cmd) = args.next() {
+                            let mut command = Command::new(cmd);
+
+                            for arg in args {
+                                command.arg(arg);
+                            }
+
+                            match command.spawn() {
+                                Ok(_child) => {}
+                                Err(err) => println!("init: failed to execute '{}': {}", line, err),
+                            }
+                        } else {
+                            println!("init: failed to run nowait: no argument");
+                        }
+                    }
                     _ => {
                         let mut command = Command::new(cmd.clone());
                         for arg in args {