jetsam 0.1.1

Daemonizes functions: eject and forget!

Jetsam

• True daemonizer using native C calls
• Currently only compatible with *nix file systems
• Extra Paranoid Edition uses that double fork magic!

jetsam definition: floating debris ejected from a ship

C Extension

To showcase a C library being used as a native python module

Example

from jetsam import daemon
import time
import logging

@daemon
def stuff():
    logging.basicConfig(
        filename="logfile", 
        level=logging.DEBUG, 
        filemode="w"
    )
    while True:  # to simulate long running proc
        time.sleep(1)
        logging.debug("I am running headless!")

stuff()
print("stuff() returns immediately and is daemonized")