pythonic exec* spawn*

[Daniel Nogradi]

> >> os.fork() does that (on Mac and Unix).
> >
> >Okay, but how?
>
> Sorry, fork() is implemented strictly on a 'need to know' basis :-)
>
> >It seems to me that if the process which issued os.fork() ends, then
> >the forked process also ends.
>
> No, no, they're not a quantum mechanic photon pair. Every process decides
> for itself if and when to end. As long as it's not signalled/killed, that
> is.
>
> >But the execute of longer( data ) should keep going even though the
> >original program ended. I'm pretty sure it's something basic and
> >probably I'm not aware of the right concepts and that's why I can't
> >find the right place to look in the docs.
>
> You can search for "daemonize".
>
> Here's a recipe:
> http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/66012
>
> The concept is best explained in this book:
> http://www.kohala.com/start/apue.html

Okay, thanks a lot, I'll look into that.