Python without a tty

[Hegedüs, Ervin]

hello,

On Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 04:37:43AM +0000, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> 
> I wanted to ensure that it would do the right thing when run without a tty, 
> such as from a cron job.

If you fork() your process, then it will also loose the tty...


import os
import sys


try: 
    pid = os.fork() 
    if pid > 0:
        sys.exit(0) 
except OSError, e: 
    sys.exit(1)

os.chdir("/") 
os.setsid() 
os.umask(0) 




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