10 files changed, 92 insertions, 333 deletions

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cf4ed308b..38c619c52 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ ClientUtils.ts
 solr-8.1.1/server/
 src/server/public/files/
 src/scraping/acm/package-lock.json
+src/server/ChildProcessUtilities/daemon/**/*.log
diff --git a/logs/npm-2-Wed, 11 Dec 2019 08:44:28 GMT.log b/logs/npm-2-Wed, 11 Dec 2019 08:44:28 GMT.log
deleted file mode 100644
index 37e232d48..000000000
--- a/logs/npm-2-Wed, 11 Dec 2019 08:44:28 GMT.log
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,274 +0,0 @@
-
-> dash@1.0.0 start-spawn /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web
-> cross-env SPAWNED=true NODE_OPTIONS=--max_old_space_size=4096 ts-node-dev -- src/server/index.ts
-
-Using ts-node version 7.0.1, typescript version 3.7.2
-objc[9678]: Class GNotificationCenterDelegate is implemented in both /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/node_modules/sharp/vendor/lib/libgio-2.0.0.dylib (0x10838d578) and /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/node_modules/canvas/build/Release/libgio-2.0.0.dylib (0x10afd9578). One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
-
-starting execution of preliminary functions...
-(node:9678) DeprecationWarning: current URL string parser is deprecated, and will be removed in a future version. To use the new parser, pass option { useNewUrlParser: true } to MongoClient.connect.
-completed preliminary functions
-.
-Starting type checking and linting service...
-Using 1 worker with 2048MB memory limit
-
-running server in development mode
-
-registering server routes...
-all server routes have been successfully registered:
-/
-/activity
-/buxton
-/delete
-/deleteAll
-/deleteWithAux
-/deleteWithGoogleCredentials
-/doc/:docId
-/downloadId/:docId
-/environment/:key
-/getCurrentUser
-/getUserDocumentId
-/getUsers
-/googleDocs/:sector/:action
-/googlePhotosMediaDownload
-/googlePhotosMediaUpload
-/home
-/imageHierarchyExport/:docId
-/inspectImage
-/persist
-/pull
-/readGoogleAccessToken
-/search
-/serializeDoc/:docId
-/serverHeartbeat
-/shutdown
-/solr/:action
-/textsearch
-/thumbnail/:filename
-/upload
-/uploadDoc
-/uploadURI
-/version
-/writeGoogleAccessToken
-
-websocket listening on port 4321
-server listening on port 1050
-
-ℹ ｢wdm｣: wait until bundle finished: /serverHeartbeat
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-user samuel_wilkins@brown.edu has connected to the web socket
-ℹ ｢wdm｣: wait until bundle finished: /serverHeartbeat
-ℹ ｢wdm｣: wait until bundle finished: /serverHeartbeat
-ℹ ｢wdm｣: wait until bundle finished: /serverHeartbeat
-ℹ ｢wdm｣: wait until bundle finished: /serverHeartbeat
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-Type checking and linting in progress...
-webpack built 8f6b743d91fd3862683b in 47419ms
-⚠ ｢wdm｣: Hash: 8f6b743d91fd3862683b
-Version: webpack 4.36.1
-Time: 47419ms
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-[19] multi ./src/client/views/Main.tsx webpack-hot-middleware/client?reload=true 40 bytes {bundle} [built]
-[20] multi ./src/debug/Viewer.tsx webpack-hot-middleware/client?reload=true 40 bytes {viewer} [built]
-[21] multi ./src/debug/Repl.tsx webpack-hot-middleware/client?reload=true 40 bytes {repl} [built]
-[22] multi ./src/debug/Test.tsx webpack-hot-middleware/client?reload=true 40 bytes {test} [built]
-[23] multi ./src/mobile/InkControls.tsx webpack-hot-middleware/client?reload=true 40 bytes {inkControls} [built]
-[24] multi ./src/mobile/ImageUpload.tsx webpack-hot-middleware/client?reload=true 40 bytes {imageUpload} [built]
- [./node_modules/mobx-react/index.module.js] 48.8 KiB {bundle} {viewer} {repl} {imageUpload} [built]
- [./node_modules/mobx/lib/mobx.module.js] 175 KiB {bundle} {viewer} {repl} {imageUpload} [built]
- [./node_modules/webpack-hot-middleware/client.js?reload=true] (webpack)-hot-middleware/client.js?reload=true 7.68 KiB {bundle} {viewer} {repl} {test} {inkControls} {imageUpload} [built]
- [./src/client/views/Main.tsx] 4.03 KiB {bundle} [built]
- [./src/debug/Repl.tsx] 6.87 KiB {repl} [built]
- [./src/debug/Test.tsx] 1.02 KiB {test} [built]
- [./src/debug/Viewer.tsx] 12.1 KiB {viewer} [built]
- [./src/mobile/ImageUpload.tsx] 9.97 KiB {imageUpload} [built]
- [./src/mobile/InkControls.tsx] 14 bytes {inkControls} [built]
-    + 1494 hidden modules
-
-WARNING in ./node_modules/typescript/lib/typescript.js 5121:41-60
-Critical dependency: the request of a dependency is an expression
- @ ./src/client/util/Scripting.ts
- @ ./src/debug/Viewer.tsx
- @ multi ./src/debug/Viewer.tsx webpack-hot-middleware/client?reload=true
-ℹ ｢wdm｣: Compiled with warnings.
-ℹ ｢wdm｣: Compiling...
-webpack building...
-ℹ ｢wdm｣: wait until bundle finished: /login
-ℹ ｢wdm｣: wait until bundle finished: /login
-ℹ ｢wdm｣: wait until bundle finished: /login
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-Type checking and linting in progress...
-webpack built 8f6b743d91fd3862683b in 615ms
-⚠ ｢wdm｣: Hash: 8f6b743d91fd3862683b
-Version: webpack 4.36.1
-Time: 615ms
-Built at: 12/11/2019 3:45:33 AM
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-                           bundle.js   20.8 MiB               bundle  bundle
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-                      imageUpload.js   20.8 MiB          imageUpload  imageUpload
-                  imageUpload.js.map   23.3 MiB          imageUpload  imageUpload
-                      inkControls.js    116 KiB          inkControls  inkControls
-                  inkControls.js.map    122 KiB          inkControls  inkControls
-                             repl.js   9.31 MiB                 repl  repl
-                         repl.js.map   10.5 MiB                 repl  repl
-                             test.js    1.2 MiB                 test  test
-                         test.js.map   1.42 MiB                 test  test
-              vendors~pdfjsWorker.js   1.55 MiB  vendors~pdfjsWorker  vendors~pdfjsWorker
-          vendors~pdfjsWorker.js.map   1.87 MiB  vendors~pdfjsWorker  vendors~pdfjsWorker
-                           viewer.js   9.47 MiB               viewer  viewer
-                       viewer.js.map   10.7 MiB               viewer  viewer
-Entrypoint bundle = bundle.js bundle.js.map
-Entrypoint viewer = viewer.js viewer.js.map
-Entrypoint repl = repl.js repl.js.map
-Entrypoint test = test.js test.js.map
-Entrypoint inkControls = inkControls.js inkControls.js.map
-Entrypoint imageUpload = imageUpload.js imageUpload.js.map
-[19] multi ./src/client/views/Main.tsx webpack-hot-middleware/client?reload=true 40 bytes {bundle}
-[20] multi ./src/debug/Viewer.tsx webpack-hot-middleware/client?reload=true 40 bytes {viewer}
-[21] multi ./src/debug/Repl.tsx webpack-hot-middleware/client?reload=true 40 bytes {repl}
-[22] multi ./src/debug/Test.tsx webpack-hot-middleware/client?reload=true 40 bytes {test}
-[23] multi ./src/mobile/InkControls.tsx webpack-hot-middleware/client?reload=true 40 bytes {inkControls}
-[24] multi ./src/mobile/ImageUpload.tsx webpack-hot-middleware/client?reload=true 40 bytes {imageUpload}
- [./node_modules/mobx-react/index.module.js] 48.8 KiB {bundle} {viewer} {repl} {imageUpload}
- [./node_modules/mobx/lib/mobx.module.js] 175 KiB {bundle} {viewer} {repl} {imageUpload}
- [./node_modules/webpack-hot-middleware/client.js?reload=true] (webpack)-hot-middleware/client.js?reload=true 7.68 KiB {bundle} {viewer} {repl} {test} {inkControls} {imageUpload}
- [./src/client/views/Main.tsx] 4.03 KiB {bundle}
- [./src/debug/Repl.tsx] 6.87 KiB {repl}
- [./src/debug/Test.tsx] 1.02 KiB {test}
- [./src/debug/Viewer.tsx] 12.1 KiB {viewer}
- [./src/mobile/ImageUpload.tsx] 9.97 KiB {imageUpload}
- [./src/mobile/InkControls.tsx] 14 bytes {inkControls}
-    + 1494 hidden modules
-
-WARNING in ./node_modules/typescript/lib/typescript.js 5121:41-60
-Critical dependency: the request of a dependency is an expression
- @ ./src/client/util/Scripting.ts
- @ ./src/debug/Viewer.tsx
- @ multi ./src/debug/Viewer.tsx webpack-hot-middleware/client?reload=true
-ℹ ｢wdm｣: Compiled with warnings.
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/util/RichTextRules.ts(81,21):
-prefer-const: Identifier 'marks' is never reassigned; use 'const' instead of 'let'.
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/util/RichTextRules.ts(83,25):
-prefer-const: Identifier 'tr' is never reassigned; use 'const' instead of 'let'.
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/util/RichTextRules.ts(86,21):
-prefer-const: Identifier 'isValidColor' is never reassigned; use 'const' instead of 'let'.
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/util/RichTextRules.ts(87,25):
-prefer-const: Identifier 's' is never reassigned; use 'const' instead of 'var'.
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/util/RichTextRules.ts(89,36):
-triple-equals: == should be ===
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/util/RichTextRules.ts(90,18):
-semicolon: Missing semicolon
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/util/RichTextRules.ts(99,21):
-prefer-const: Identifier 'tr' is never reassigned; use 'const' instead of 'let'.
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/util/RichTextRules.ts(100,21):
-prefer-const: Identifier 'marks' is never reassigned; use 'const' instead of 'let'.
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/util/RichTextRules.ts(126,25):
-prefer-const: Identifier 'node' is never reassigned; use 'const' instead of 'let'.
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/util/RichTextRules.ts(141,25):
-prefer-const: Identifier 'node' is never reassigned; use 'const' instead of 'let'.
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/util/RichTextRules.ts(154,66):
-no-unnecessary-type-assertion: This assertion is unnecessary since it does not change the type of the expression.
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/util/RichTextRules.ts(155,25):
-prefer-const: Identifier 'node' is never reassigned; use 'const' instead of 'let'.
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/util/RichTextRules.ts(155,33):
-no-unnecessary-type-assertion: This assertion is unnecessary since it does not change the type of the expression.
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/util/RichTextRules.ts(160,25):
-prefer-const: Identifier 'node' is never reassigned; use 'const' instead of 'let'.
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/util/RichTextRules.ts(192,29):
-prefer-const: Identifier 'doc' is never reassigned; use 'const' instead of 'let'.
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/util/RichTextSchema.tsx(640,134):
-semicolon: Missing semicolon
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/util/RichTextSchema.tsx(649,21):
-prefer-const: Identifier 'expand' is never reassigned; use 'const' instead of 'let'.
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/util/RichTextSchema.tsx(650,21):
-prefer-const: Identifier 'tr' is never reassigned; use 'const' instead of 'let'.
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/util/RichTextSchema.tsx(654,138):
-semicolon: Missing semicolon
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/util/RichTextSchema.tsx(658,10):
-semicolon: Missing semicolon
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx(243,13):
-prefer-const: Identifier 'main' is never reassigned; use 'const' instead of 'let'.
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx(244,13):
-prefer-const: Identifier 'next' is never reassigned; use 'const' instead of 'let'.
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/views/collections/CollectionView.tsx(245,13):
-prefer-const: Identifier 'prev' is never reassigned; use 'const' instead of 'let'.
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx(88,21):
-prefer-const: Identifier 'selectionTitleFieldKey' is never reassigned; use 'const' instead of 'let'.
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/views/DocumentDecorations.tsx(95,8):
-semicolon: Missing semicolon
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/views/EditableView.tsx(123,13):
-prefer-const: Identifier 'wasFocused' is never reassigned; use 'const' instead of 'let'.
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/views/MainView.tsx(289,11):
-semicolon: Missing semicolon
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx(151,25):
-prefer-const: Identifier 'any' is never reassigned; use 'const' instead of 'let'.
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBox.tsx(910,13):
-prefer-const: Identifier 'prosediv' is never reassigned; use 'const' instead of 'let'.
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBox.tsx(911,13):
-prefer-const: Identifier 'keeplocation' is never reassigned; use 'const' instead of 'let'.
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBox.tsx(913,13):
-prefer-const: Identifier 'pos' is never reassigned; use 'const' instead of 'let'.
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBox.tsx(928,17):
-prefer-const: Identifier 'pcords' is never reassigned; use 'const' instead of 'let'.
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBox.tsx(929,17):
-prefer-const: Identifier 'node' is never reassigned; use 'const' instead of 'let'.
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBox.tsx(935,21):
-prefer-const: Identifier 'lastNode' is never reassigned; use 'const' instead of 'let'.
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBox.tsx(976,71):
-semicolon: Missing semicolon
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBox.tsx(987,17):
-prefer-const: Identifier '$pos' is never reassigned; use 'const' instead of 'let'.
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBox.tsx(1001,25):
-prefer-const: Identifier '$olist_pos' is never reassigned; use 'const' instead of 'let'.
-WARNING in /Users/swilkinss2012/Documents/GitHub/Dash-Web/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBox.tsx(1103,17):
-prefer-const: Identifier 'newHeight' is never reassigned; use 'const' instead of 'let'.
-No type errors found
-Version: typescript 3.7.2, tslint 5.18.0
-Time: 5473ms
diff --git a/logs/server_pids.txt b/logs/server_pids.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 2aa143f24..000000000
--- a/logs/server_pids.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-9675 created at Wed, 11 Dec 2019 08:44:28 GMT
diff --git a/src/server/ActionUtilities.ts b/src/server/ActionUtilities.ts
index 9bdc4ed93..2e62443c6 100644
--- a/src/server/ActionUtilities.ts
+++ b/src/server/ActionUtilities.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { readFile, writeFile, exists, mkdir, unlink } from 'fs';
+import { readFile, writeFile, exists, mkdir, unlink, createWriteStream } from 'fs';
 import { ExecOptions } from 'shelljs';
 import { exec } from 'child_process';
 import * as path from 'path';
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ export function pathFromRoot(relative: string) {
     return path.resolve(projectRoot, relative);
 }
 
+export async function fileDescriptorFromStream(path: string) {
+    const logStream = createWriteStream(path);
+    return new Promise<number>(resolve => logStream.on("open", resolve));
+}
+
 export const command_line = (command: string, fromDirectory?: string) => {
     return new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
         const options: ExecOptions = {};
@@ -54,7 +59,7 @@ export async function log_execution<T>({ startMessage, endMessage, action, color
     } catch (e) {
         error = e;
     } finally {
-        log_helper(`${typeof endMessage === "string" ? endMessage : endMessage({ result, error })}.`, resolvedColor);
+        log_helper(typeof endMessage === "string" ? endMessage : endMessage({ result, error }), resolvedColor);
     }
     return result;
 }
diff --git a/src/server/ProcessManager.ts b/src/server/ChildProcessUtilities/ProcessFactory.ts
index 671f0a234..745b1479a 100644
--- a/src/server/ProcessManager.ts
+++ b/src/server/ChildProcessUtilities/ProcessFactory.ts
@@ -1,44 +1,28 @@
-import { existsSync, mkdirSync, createWriteStream } from "fs";
-import { pathFromRoot, log_execution } from './ActionUtilities';
+import { existsSync, mkdirSync } from "fs";
+import { pathFromRoot, log_execution, fileDescriptorFromStream } from '../ActionUtilities';
 import { red, green } from "colors";
 import rimraf = require("rimraf");
-import { ChildProcess, spawn } from "child_process";
+import { ChildProcess, spawn, StdioOptions } from "child_process";
 import { Stream } from "stream";
+import { resolve } from "path";
 
-const daemonPath = pathFromRoot("./src/server/daemon/persistence_daemon.ts");
-
-export namespace ProcessManager {
-
-    export async function initialize() {
-        const logPath = pathFromRoot("./logs");
-        if (existsSync(logPath)) {
-            if (!process.env.SPAWNED) {
-                await new Promise<any>(resolve => rimraf(logPath, resolve));
-            }
-        }
-        mkdirSync(logPath);
-    }
-
-    function generate_log_name(command: string, args?: readonly string[]) {
-        return pathFromRoot(`./logs/${command}-${args?.length}-${new Date().toUTCString()}.log`);
-    }
+export namespace ProcessFactory {
 
     export type Sink = "pipe" | "ipc" | "ignore" | "inherit" | Stream | number | null | undefined;
 
-    export async function spawn_detached(command: string, args?: readonly string[], out?: Sink): Promise<ChildProcess> {
-        if (!out) {
-            const logStream = createWriteStream(generate_log_name(command, args));
-            out = await new Promise<number>(resolve => logStream.on("open", resolve));
+    export async function createWorker(command: string, args?: readonly string[], stdio?: StdioOptions | "logfile", detached = true): Promise<ChildProcess> {
+        if (stdio === "logfile") {
+            const log_fd = await Logger.create(command, args);
+            stdio = ["ignore", log_fd, log_fd];
         }
-        const child = spawn(command, args, { detached: true, stdio: ["ignore", out, out] });
+        const child = spawn(command, args, { detached, stdio });
         child.unref();
         return child;
     }
 
-    let daemonInitialized = false;
-    export async function trySpawnDaemon() {
-        if (!process.env.SPAWNED && !daemonInitialized) {
-            daemonInitialized = true;
+    export namespace NamedAgents {
+
+        export async function persistenceDaemon() {
             await log_execution({
                 startMessage: "\ninitializing persistence daemon",
                 endMessage: ({ result, error }) => {
@@ -50,11 +34,34 @@ export namespace ProcessManager {
                     }
                     return "failsafe daemon process successfully spawned";
                 },
-                action: () => spawn_detached('npx', ['ts-node', daemonPath], process.stdout),
+                action: () => createWorker('npx', ['ts-node', resolve(__dirname, "./daemon/persistence_daemon.ts")], ["ignore", "inherit", "inherit"]),
                 color: green
             });
             console.log();
         }
     }
 
+}
+
+export namespace Logger {
+
+    const logPath = pathFromRoot("./logs");
+
+    export async function initialize() {
+        if (existsSync(logPath)) {
+            if (!process.env.SPAWNED) {
+                await new Promise<any>(resolve => rimraf(logPath, resolve));
+            }
+        }
+        mkdirSync(logPath);
+    }
+
+    export async function create(command: string, args?: readonly string[]): Promise<number> {
+        return fileDescriptorFromStream(generate_log_path(command, args));
+    }
+
+    function generate_log_path(command: string, args?: readonly string[]) {
+        return pathFromRoot(`./logs/${command}-${args?.length}-${new Date().toUTCString()}.log`);
+    }
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/server/daemon/persistence_daemon.ts b/src/server/ChildProcessUtilities/daemon/persistence_daemon.ts
index 099c7898c..888cf38b8 100644
--- a/src/server/daemon/persistence_daemon.ts
+++ b/src/server/ChildProcessUtilities/daemon/persistence_daemon.ts
@@ -1,32 +1,52 @@
 import * as request from "request-promise";
-import { log_execution, pathFromRoot } from "../ActionUtilities";
+import { log_execution } from "../../ActionUtilities";
 import { red, yellow, cyan, green, Color } from "colors";
 import * as nodemailer from "nodemailer";
 import { MailOptions } from "nodemailer/lib/json-transport";
-import { writeFileSync, appendFileSync, createWriteStream, existsSync } from "fs";
+import { writeFileSync, appendFileSync, existsSync, mkdirSync } from "fs";
 import { resolve } from 'path';
 import { ChildProcess } from "child_process";
-import { ProcessManager } from "../ProcessManager";
+import { ProcessFactory } from "../ProcessFactory";
 
-console.log(yellow("Initializing daemon..."));
+const identifier = yellow("__daemon__:");
 
 process.on('SIGINT', () => current_backup?.kill("SIGTERM"));
 
-const crashLogPath = resolve(__dirname, `./session_crashes_${timestamp()}.log`);
+const logPath = resolve(__dirname, "./logs");
+const crashPath = resolve(logPath, "./crashes");
+if (!existsSync(logPath)) {
+    mkdirSync(logPath);
+}
+if (!existsSync(crashPath)) {
+    mkdirSync(crashPath);
+}
+
+const crashLogPath = resolve(crashPath, `./session_crashes_${timestamp()}.log`);
 function addLogEntry(message: string, color: Color) {
     const formatted = color(`${message} ${timestamp()}.`);
-    console.log(formatted);
+    identifiedLog(formatted);
     appendFileSync(crashLogPath, `${formatted}\n`);
 }
 
+function identifiedLog(message?: any, ...optionalParams: any[]) {
+    console.log(identifier, message, ...optionalParams);
+}
+
 const LOCATION = "http://localhost";
 const recipient = "samuel_wilkins@brown.edu";
-let restarting = false;
-
 const frequency = 10;
 const { pid } = process;
-writeFileSync(resolve(__dirname, "./current_daemon_pid.txt"), pid);
-console.log(cyan(`${pid} written to ./current_daemon_pid.txt`));
+let restarting = false;
+
+identifiedLog("Initializing daemon...");
+
+writeLocalPidLog("daemon", pid);
+
+function writeLocalPidLog(filename: string, contents: any) {
+    const path = `./logs/current_${filename}_pid.log`;
+    identifiedLog(cyan(`${contents} written to ${path}`));
+    writeFileSync(resolve(__dirname, path), `${contents}\n`);
+}
 
 function timestamp() {
     return `@ ${new Date().toISOString()}`;
@@ -35,9 +55,9 @@ function timestamp() {
 let current_backup: ChildProcess | undefined = undefined;
 
 async function listen() {
-    console.log(yellow(`Beginning to poll server heartbeat every ${frequency} seconds...\n`));
+    identifiedLog(yellow(`Beginning to poll server heartbeat every ${frequency} seconds...\n`));
     if (!LOCATION) {
-        console.log(red("No location specified for persistence daemon. Please include as a command line environment variable or in a .env file."));
+        identifiedLog(red("No location specified for persistence daemon. Please include as a command line environment variable or in a .env file."));
         process.exit(0);
     }
     const heartbeat = `${LOCATION}:1050/serverHeartbeat`;
@@ -60,26 +80,26 @@ async function listen() {
                     addLogEntry("Detected a server crash", red);
                     current_backup?.kill();
                     await log_execution({
-                        startMessage: "Sending crash notification email",
+                        startMessage: identifier + " Sending crash notification email",
                         endMessage: ({ error, result }) => {
                             const success = error === null && result === true;
-                            return `${(success ? `Notification successfully sent to` : `Failed to notify`)} ${recipient} ${timestamp()}`;
+                            return identifier + ` ${(success ? `Notification successfully sent to` : `Failed to notify`)} ${recipient} ${timestamp()}`;
                         },
                         action: async () => notify(error || "Hmm, no error to report..."),
                         color: cyan
                     });
                     current_backup = await log_execution({
-                        startMessage: "Initiating server restart",
+                        startMessage: identifier + " Initiating server restart",
                         endMessage: ({ result, error }) => {
                             const success = error === null && result !== undefined;
-                            return success ? "Child process spawned.." : `An error occurred while attempting to restart the server:\n${error}`;
+                            return identifier + success ? " Child process spawned..." : ` An error occurred while attempting to restart the server:\n${error}`;
                         },
-                        action: () => ProcessManager.spawn_detached('npm', ['run', 'start-spawn']),
+                        action: () => ProcessFactory.createWorker('npm', ['run', 'start-spawn'], "inherit"),
                         color: green
                     });
-                    writeFileSync(pathFromRoot("./logs/current_server_pid.txt"), `${current_backup?.pid ?? -1} created ${timestamp()}\n`);
+                    writeLocalPidLog("server", `${(current_backup?.pid ?? -2) + 1} created ${timestamp()}`);
                 } else {
-                    console.log(yellow(`Callback ignored because restarting already initiated ${timestamp()}`));
+                    identifiedLog(yellow(`Callback ignored because restarting already initiated ${timestamp()}`));
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/server/daemon/current_daemon_pid.txt b/src/server/daemon/current_daemon_pid.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index f3cd0298c..000000000
--- a/src/server/daemon/current_daemon_pid.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-9626
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/server/daemon/session_crashes_@ 2019-12-11T08:31:56.281Z.log b/src/server/daemon/session_crashes_@ 2019-12-11T08:31:56.281Z.log
deleted file mode 100644
index 32b7810ea..000000000
--- a/src/server/daemon/session_crashes_@ 2019-12-11T08:31:56.281Z.log
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Detected a server crash @ 2019-12-11T08:32:36.317Z
diff --git a/src/server/daemon/session_crashes_@ 2019-12-11T08:43:46.454Z.log b/src/server/daemon/session_crashes_@ 2019-12-11T08:43:46.454Z.log
deleted file mode 100644
index ebb6843c2..000000000
--- a/src/server/daemon/session_crashes_@ 2019-12-11T08:43:46.454Z.log
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Detected a server crash @ 2019-12-11T08:44:26.494Z.
-Backup server successfully restarted @ 2019-12-11T08:45:33.644Z.
diff --git a/src/server/index.ts b/src/server/index.ts
index 795418b31..bebb9b365 100644
--- a/src/server/index.ts
+++ b/src/server/index.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import GeneralGoogleManager from "./ApiManagers/GeneralGoogleManager";
 import GooglePhotosManager from "./ApiManagers/GooglePhotosManager";
 import { yellow, red } from "colors";
 import { disconnect } from "../server/Initialization";
-import { ProcessManager } from "./ProcessManager";
+import { ProcessFactory, Logger } from "./ChildProcessUtilities/ProcessFactory";
 
 export const publicDirectory = path.resolve(__dirname, "public");
 export const filesDirectory = path.resolve(publicDirectory, "files");
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export const ExitHandlers = new Array<() => void>();
  * before clients can access the server should be run or awaited here.
  */
 async function preliminaryFunctions() {
-    await ProcessManager.initialize();
+    await Logger.initialize();
     await GoogleCredentialsLoader.loadCredentials();
     GoogleApiServerUtils.processProjectCredentials();
     await DashUploadUtils.buildFileDirectories();
@@ -121,11 +121,16 @@ function routeSetter({ isRelease, addSupervisedRoute, logRegistrationOutcome }:
         }
     });
 
+    let daemonInitialized = false;
+    const { SPAWNED, RELEASE } = process.env;
     addSupervisedRoute({
         method: Method.GET,
         subscription: "/persist",
         onValidation: ({ res }) => {
-            ProcessManager.trySpawnDaemon();
+            if (RELEASE && !SPAWNED && !daemonInitialized) {
+                daemonInitialized = true;
+                ProcessFactory.NamedAgents.persistenceDaemon();
+            }
             res.redirect("/home");
         }
     });