How to know if emacs is running as a daemon?

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I want to know if emacs is running as a daemon, so I can load some parts of my configuration according, I want to know this from within emacs.

"$ ps aux" shows if there is a daemon. – Vivian Maya Nov 03 '14 at 19:49 — Vivian Maya, Nov 03 '14 at 19:49

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 03 '14 at 19:34

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Simply use (daemonp) which will return t if emacs is running as a daemon.

answered Nov 03 '14 at 19:34

shackra

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