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+import { existsSync, mkdirSync } from "fs";
+import { pathFromRoot, log_execution, fileDescriptorFromStream } from '../ActionUtilities';
+import { red, green } from "colors";
+import rimraf = require("rimraf");
+import { ChildProcess, spawn, StdioOptions } from "child_process";
+import { Stream } from "stream";
+import { resolve } from "path";
+
+export namespace ProcessFactory {
+
+    export type Sink = "pipe" | "ipc" | "ignore" | "inherit" | Stream | number | null | undefined;
+
+    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, stdio });
+        child.unref();
+        return child;
+    }
+
+    export namespace NamedAgents {
+
+        export async function persistenceDaemon() {
+            await log_execution({
+                startMessage: "\ninitializing persistence daemon",
+                endMessage: ({ result, error }) => {
+                    const success = error === null && result !== undefined;
+                    if (!success) {
+                        console.log(red("failed to initialize the persistance daemon"));
+                        console.log(error);
+                        process.exit(0);
+                    }
+                    return "failsafe daemon process successfully spawned";
+                },
+                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`);
+    }
+
+}
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