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page request: macOS internal daemons and agents

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#6,596 opened on Sep 24, 2021

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Most of these can be reduced to the following template:

# foobard

> This does foobar.
> It should not be invoked manually.
> More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/foobard.8.html>.

- Start the daemon:

`foobard`

A good alternative if manpagez doesn't have the man page is https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/foobard.8.html. Use https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages for the man pages.

And by the way: I'm testing a tldrgal feature right now that's gonna make them super simple.

  • accountsd
  • AEServer
  • airportd → #7608
  • AMPSystemPlayerAgent
  • auditd (has 2 flags) → #6705
  • AuthBrokerAgent
  • autofsd → #8670
  • automountd → #7608
  • AppleCameraAssistant
  • applecamerad (doesn't even have a manpage) → #7005
  • appleh13camerad (there is literally zero information, there are probably others with similar names like appleh10camerad)
  • appleeventsd
  • AppleQEMUGuestAgent
  • AppleVNCServer
  • applessdstatistics
  • appsleepd → #6705
  • appstoreagent
  • appstored
  • AssetCache
  • AssetCacheAgent
  • AssetCacheLocatorService
  • AssetCacheManagerService
  • AssetCacheTetheratorService
  • avbdeviced → #6705
  • backupd → #8629
  • backupd-helper
  • biomesyncd → #8670
  • biokitaggdd
  • biometrickitd → #8670
  • bird → #6705
  • bnepd → #6705
  • bootpd
  • CFNetworkAgent
  • cloudd → #8670
  • CloudKeychainProxy
  • cloudphotod → #6705
  • cfprefsd → #6705
  • com.apple.cmio.registerassistantservice
  • com.apple.ifdreader
  • com.apple.Safari.SafeBrowsing.Service
  • com.apple.speech.speechsynthesisd
  • configd
  • contactsd
  • contactsdonationagent
  • containermanagerd
  • coreaudiod → #6705
  • coreautha → #7608
  • coreauthd → #7608
  • corebrightnessd→#8629
  • corecaptured
  • coredatad → #8670
  • coreimportd
  • coremotionlivabilityd
  • corespotlightd
  • corestoraged
  • coresymbolicationd
  • ctkd → #8670
  • cvfsd
  • CVMCompiler
  • CVMServer
  • deleted → #8670
  • dhcp6d → #8670
  • diagnosticd
  • diagnostics_agent
  • diskarbitrationd
  • diskmanagementd
  • diskspaced (has no man page, is a part of StorageManagement.framework)
  • distnoted → #6705
  • emond (has 2 flags) → #6705
  • filecoordinationd → #6705
  • fileproviderd
  • financed
  • fontd→#8629
  • fontmover
  • GSSCred
  • hidd → #8670
  • installd
  • installerauthagent
  • InternetSharing → #8670
  • iOSScreenCaptureAssistant
  • kdumpd
  • kernelmanagerd
  • kuncd
  • launchd → #6705
  • lsd
  • mapspushd
  • mbbackgrounduseragent
  • mds
  • mdworker_shared (doesn't have a manpage, but its usage is obvious if you know a bit about mds, mds invokes it like /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework/Versions/A/Support/mdworker_shared -s mdworker -c MDSImporterWorker -m com.apple.mdworker.shared)
  • mdls
  • mdutil
  • mdfind
  • mdbulkimport
  • md_stores
  • mdwrite
  • mdsync
  • mdflagwriter
  • mediasharingd
  • metrickitd
  • mstreamd
  • navd
  • natpmpd
  • neagent
  • nehelper
  • nesessionmanager
  • networkserviceproxy
  • nexusd
  • nfcd → #7608
  • nlcd
  • notifyd (has 1 flag) → #6705
  • nsurlsessiond
  • ocspd → #6705
  • odmigrationtool
  • odproxyd
  • opendirectoryd
  • otherbsd
  • parentalcontrolsd
  • parsecd
  • passd
  • PerfPowerServices
  • pkd
  • photolibraryd → #6705
  • photoanalysisd → #6705
  • pppd (should also be more detailed and maybe even in common, apparently it's a samba thing) → #6705
  • printtool
  • quicklookd
  • sandboxd
  • SecurityAgent
  • securityd → #6705
  • secd → #6705
  • seld
  • ServicesUIAgent
  • SharePointManagementService
  • smd
  • snmpd
  • sntpd → #7005
  • softwareupdated
  • SoftwareUpdateNotificationManager
  • spindump_agent
  • storedownloadd
  • suggestd
  • swcd
  • symptomsd → #8670
  • syslogd (we should have one in common, but probably also a macos specific one)
  • syspolicyd
  • system_installd
  • systemsoundserverd → #8670
  • tailspind
  • talkd (the man page is actually called ntalkd)
  • taskgated
  • taskgated-helper
  • timed → #6705
  • translationd→#8629
  • trustd
  • trustdFileHelper
  • trustevaluationagent
  • universalaccessd → #6705
  • UniversalControl
  • update_automator_cache
  • usernoted → #6705
  • vpnd (this should go more into detail) → #6705
  • warmd → #8629
  • warmd_agent
  • watchdogd → #8670
  • watchlistd → #8670
  • webinspectord → #8670
  • WiFiAgent
  • wifihelper
  • wifip2pd
  • WiFiVelocityAgent
  • wifivelocityd → #9113
  • wps → #8670
  • wwand → #9113
  • xartstorageremoted → #9113
  • xsand → #9113

A few of there might be available on other OSes, too, especially FreeBSD. If you notice that, please create it in common.

How to find them

tldrgal missing | grep 'd$' # if you have tldrgal in your PATH
ls /usr/share/man/man8/
ls -lh `fd -t file . /System/Library/Frameworks | grep -vE '\.[a-zA-Z]+$' | grep -v 'CodeResources$'` --color=always | grep x | grep -v 'Python\.framework' # needs fd
ls /usr/libexec/

I also sometimes just see something in Activity Monitor and wonder what it's doing

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