uc_daemon
A set of classes and functions for demonizing a process and related tools.
It is part of the Unicon project.
Usage:
Install
pip install --user uc-daemon
and use
import uc_daemon
Functions:
daemonize()
Become a daemon. To base process returns daemonized process id on successful and less than zero on fails. To daemonized process returns zero.
redirectio(handle)
Redirects standart descriptors to specified file handle.
Global constants
LOGGER
You may override this constant to manage debugging messages.
Example:
import os
import sys
import uc_daemon
pid = uc_daemon.daemonize()
if (pid == 0):
print("I'm daemon! My pid is %d" % os.getpid())
else:
print("Daemon started with pid %d and my pid is %d" % (pid, os.getpid()))