Rendezvous Daemon (rvd)
The Rendezvous daemon (rvd) is the background process that supports all Rendezvous communications. Distributed processes depend on it for reliable and efficient network communication. All information that travels between and among processes passes through a Rendezvous daemon when it enters or exits a host computer.
The Rendezvous daemon fills these roles:
| • | Route messages to program processes. |
| • | Deliver messages reliably. |
| • | Filter subject-addressed messages. |
| • | Shield programs from operating system idiosyncrasies, such as low-level sockets and file descriptor limits. |
The Rendezvous daemon process, rvd, starts automatically when needed, runs continuously and may exit after a period of inactivity.
For further general information about the Rendezvous daemon and reliable broadcast delivery, see Rendezvous Daemon in .
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