[Python-ideas] Draft PEP: Standard daemon process library

[Oleg Broytmann]

On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 08:14:07AM +1100, Ben Finney wrote:
> Oleg Broytmann <phd at phd.pp.ru> writes:
> >    IWBN to have a main() function in the module to be used from the
> > command line:
> > 
> > $ python -m daemon --pidfile=/var/run/mydaemon.pid status
> > Daemon pid 1221 is running
> > 
> > $ python -m daemon --pidfile=/var/run/mydaemon.pid stop
> > 
> > $ python -m daemon --pidfile=/var/run/mydaemon.pid status
> > Cannot find /var/run/mydaemon.pid
> 
> Interesting. Should that be defined in this PEP, or merely added to
> the reference implementation as a bonus?

   I think an implementation would be enough.

> >    A note on implementation detail: IWBN if the pidfile is removed on
> > stop(). Please do not put the burden unto the user.
> 
> Yes, that's already addressed in the defined behaviour for `stop()`.

   Thank you!

Oleg.
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