daemon instead of forever

lib/frontail.js

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ var program   = require('commander')
   , spawn     = require('child_process').spawn
   , connect   = require('connect')
   , sanitizer = require('validator').sanitize
-  , forever   = require('forever');
+  , daemon    = require('daemon');
 
 /**
  * Parse arg
@@ -34,17 +34,16 @@ if (program.args.length === 0) {
 }
 
 if (program.daemonize) {
-    forever.startDaemon(__filename, {
-        'silent': false,
-        'max': 3,
-        'pidFile': program.pidPath,
-        'outFile': program.logPath,
-        'options': [
-            '-p', program.port,
-            '-n', program.number,
-            files
-        ]
-    });
+    var logFile = fs.openSync(program.logPath, 'a');
+    var proc = daemon.daemon(
+        __filename,
+        ['-p', program.port, '-n', program.number, files],
+        {
+            stdout: logFile,
+            stderr: logFile
+        }
+    );
+    fs.writeFileSync(program.pidPath, proc.pid);
 } else {
     /**
      * Server setup

package.json

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         "socket.io": "0.9.13",
         "connect": "2.7.3",
         "validator": "0.4.24",
-        "forever": "0.10.0"
+        "daemon": "1.0.0"
     },
     "repository": {
         "type": "git",
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         "syslog"
     ],
     "engine": {
-        "node": "0.8.x"
+        "node": ">= 0.8.0"
     },
     "preferGlobal": true
 }