that is a symlink.
You really should learn to use the command line if you are going to run server apps (unless of course it is a MS box).
There are threads on using daemontools and I really think the goal should be to not depend on init.d et al. Of course since there are those who argue with the DJB philosophy not all will be happy, but I care about security and reliabilty so therefor all of DJB's tools are on my box.
