import sys, os
def main():
""" A demo daemon main routine, write a datestamp to
/tmp/daemon-log every 10 seconds.
"""
import time
f = open("/tmp/daemon-log", "w")
while 1:
f.write('%s\n' % time.ctime(time.time()))
f.flush()
time.sleep(10)
if __name__ == "__main__":
# do the UNIX double-fork magic, see Stevens' "Advanced
# Programming in the UNIX Environment" for details (ISBN 0201563177)
try:
pid = os.fork()
if pid > 0:
# exit first parent
sys.exit(0)
except OSError, e:
print >>sys.stderr, "fork #1 failed: %d (%s)" % (e.errno, e.strerror)
sys.exit(1)
# decouple from parent environment
os.chdir("/")
os.setsid()
os.umask(0)
# do second fork
try:
pid = os.fork()
if pid > 0:
# exit from second parent, print eventual PID before
print "Daemon PID %d" % pid
sys.exit(0)
except OSError, e:
print >>sys.stderr, "fork #2 failed: %d (%s)" % (e.errno, e.strerror)
sys.exit(1)
# start the daemon main loop
main()