An /etc/init.d script to start/stop the server as a daemon would be appreciated

That's is a good point!

I'm considering to refine the packaging in the future.
Currently we have a single package 'basex', that provides four commands 'basex, basexgui, basexclient, basexserver'.

In one of the next packaging cycles, I like to change this to something like:

• a core 'libbasex-java' package

… and packages that depend on libbasex-java, each using it in a special way.

• 'basex' - console standalone package
• 'basexgui' - graphical standalone
• 'basexserver' - database server, here a unix-like /etc/init.d script could be placed in
• 'basexclient' - database client
• 'basexhttp' - restxq facade in front of basexserver using jetty://

Let's see what time permits.

Cheers,
	Alex