Re: [Boost-users] running a server "in background mode" ??

    boost::asio::io_service io_service;     tcp_server server(io_service);     io_service.run();

io_service::run() does not return until there's no work for io_service. But you can run io_service in another thread: new boost::thread(&asio::io_service::run, &io_service); // note that io_service object can't be local here, as it must outlive the thread!