uc-daemon 0.0.1

A set of classes and functions for demonizing a process and related tools..

uc_daemon

A set of classes and functions for demonizing a process and related tools.

It is part of the Unicon project.

https://unicon.10k.me

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()))