`server-start` hook?

Question

Is there a hook to execute stuff after I've run emacs --daemon? I'd like to keep load stuff only when running emacs --daemon and not when running emacs.

I know it sounds like using square wheels, but I do have my reasons.

Answer 1

You can wrap the relevant portions of you init file in a conditional on (daemonp), whose docstring reads:

Return non-nil if the current emacs process is a daemon. If the daemon was given a name argument, return that name.

So:

(when (daemonp)
  (do-server-only-stuff-here))