python-daemon 1.5.2

Library to implement a well-behaved Unix daemon process.

This library implements the well-behaved daemon specification of PEP 3143, "Standard daemon process library".

A well-behaved Unix daemon process is tricky to get right, but the required steps are much the same for every daemon program. A DaemonContext instance holds the behaviour and configured process environment for the program; use the instance as a context manager to enter a daemon state.

Simple example of usage:

import daemon

from spam import do_main_program

with daemon.DaemonContext():
    do_main_program()

Customisation of the steps to become a daemon is available by setting options on the DaemonContext instance; see the documentation for that class for each option.

• Author: Ben Finney <ben+python at benfinney id au>
• Home Page: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-daemon/
• Keywords: daemon,fork,unix
• License: PSF-2+
• Categories
  • Development Status :: 4 - Beta
  • Intended Audience :: Developers
  • License :: OSI Approved :: Python Software Foundation License
  • Operating System :: POSIX
  • Programming Language :: Python
  • Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
• Package Index Owner: bignose
• DOAP record: python-daemon-1.5.2.xml