[2.4.2/Linux] Getting Python to fork?

[Jon Ribbens]

On 2008-02-04, Gilles Ganault <nospam at nospam.com> wrote:
> 	I need to launch a Python script, and fork it so that the calling
> script can resume with the next step will the Python script keeps
> running.
>
> I tried those two, but they don't work, as the calling script is stuck
> until the Python script ends:

This should work I believe:

  if os.fork():
    os._exit(0)
  os.setsid()
  os.chdir("/")
  fd = os.open("/dev/null", os.O_RDWR)
  os.dup2(fd, 0)
  os.dup2(fd, 1)
  os.dup2(fd, 2)
  if fd > 2:
    os.close(fd)
  # do stuff

Although bear in mind it's pretty UNIX-y.