Adding a application to run as a daemons

Apps that run as daemon should be able to force themselves into the background.
Snort uses a command-line flag (-D). Other apps can be forced by using the &
at the end.

e.g.
mozilla &

> Do you mean starting an application (e.g. snort) so it runs in the
> background rather than in a terminal window?
>
> If so append & to the end of the command.

>>I'm looking for a resource on having a application run as a daemon. If
>>someone could point me in the right direction I would apperciate it, ie a
>>book or website.
>>Thanks