succubus 1.0

Lightweight Python module for daemonizing

Description

succubus is a lightweight python module for a fast and easy creation of python daemons.

Examples

import logging

from logging.handlers import WatchedFileHandler

from succubus import Daemon


class MyDaemon(Daemon):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(MyDaemon, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)

    def run(self):
        """Overwrite the run function of the daemon class"""
        handler = WatchedFileHandler('succubus.log')
        self.logger = logging.getLogger('succubus')
        self.logger.addHandler(handler)
        while True:
            time.sleep(1)
            self.logger.warn('Hello world')


def main():
    daemon = MyDaemon(pidfile='succubus.pid')
    daemon.action()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()