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Python daemon example
#!/usr/bin/env python
# coding: utf-8
import argparse
import os
import sys
import time
import atexit
import logging
import signal
class Daemon(object):
"""
A generic daemon class.
Usage: subclass the Daemon class and override the run() method
"""
def __init__(self, pidfile, stdin='/dev/null',
stdout='/dev/null', stderr='/dev/null'):
self.stdin = stdin
self.stdout = stdout
self.stderr = stderr
self.pidfile = pidfile
def daemonize(self):
"""
do the UNIX double-fork magic, see Stevens' "Advanced
Programming in the UNIX Environment" for details (ISBN 0201563177)
http://www.erlenstar.demon.co.uk/unix/faq_2.html#SEC16
"""
# Do first fork
self.fork()
# Decouple from parent environment
self.dettach_env()
# Do second fork
self.fork()
# Flush standart file descriptors
sys.stdout.flush()
sys.stderr.flush()
#
self.attach_stream('stdin', mode='r')
self.attach_stream('stdout', mode='a+')
self.attach_stream('stderr', mode='a+')
# write pidfile
self.create_pidfile()
def attach_stream(self, name, mode):
"""
Replaces the stream with new one
"""
stream = open(getattr(self, name), mode)
os.dup2(stream.fileno(), getattr(sys, name).fileno())
def dettach_env(self):
os.chdir("/")
os.setsid()
os.umask(0)
def fork(self):
"""
Spawn the child process
"""
try:
pid = os.fork()
if pid > 0:
sys.exit(0)
except OSError as e:
sys.stderr.write("Fork failed: %d (%s)\n" % (e.errno, e.strerror))
sys.exit(1)
def create_pidfile(self):
atexit.register(self.delpid)
pid = str(os.getpid())
open(self.pidfile,'w+').write("%s\n" % pid)
def delpid(self):
"""
Removes the pidfile on process exit
"""
os.remove(self.pidfile)
def start(self):
"""
Start the daemon
"""
# Check for a pidfile to see if the daemon already runs
pid = self.get_pid()
if pid:
message = "pidfile %s already exist. Daemon already running?\n"
sys.stderr.write(message % self.pidfile)
sys.exit(1)
# Start the daemon
self.daemonize()
self.run()
def get_pid(self):
"""
Returns the PID from pidfile
"""
try:
pf = open(self.pidfile,'r')
pid = int(pf.read().strip())
pf.close()
except (IOError, TypeError):
pid = None
return pid
def stop(self, silent=False):
"""
Stop the daemon
"""
# Get the pid from the pidfile
pid = self.get_pid()
if not pid:
if not silent:
message = "pidfile %s does not exist. Daemon not running?\n"
sys.stderr.write(message % self.pidfile)
return # not an error in a restart
# Try killing the daemon process
try:
while True:
os.kill(pid, signal.SIGTERM)
time.sleep(0.1)
except OSError as err:
err = str(err)
if err.find("No such process") > 0:
if os.path.exists(self.pidfile):
os.remove(self.pidfile)
else:
sys.stdout.write(str(err))
sys.exit(1)
def restart(self):
"""
Restart the daemon
"""
self.stop(silent=True)
self.start()
def run(self):
"""
You should override this method when you subclass Daemon. It will be called after the process has been
daemonized by start() or restart().
"""
raise NotImplementedError
class MyDaemon(Daemon):
def run(self):
print("wee")
while True:
time.sleep(0.1)
def main():
"""
The application entry point
"""
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
#prog='PROG',
description='Daemon runner',
epilog="That's all folks"
)
parser.add_argument('operation',
metavar='OPERATION',
type=str,
help='Operation with daemon. Accepts any of these values: start, stop, restart, status',
choices=['start', 'stop', 'restart', 'status'])
args = parser.parse_args()
operation = args.operation
# Daemon
daemon = MyDaemon('/home/nopox/tmp/red/python.pid',
)
if operation == 'start':
print("Starting daemon")
daemon.start()
pid = daemon.get_pid()
if not pid:
print("Unable run daemon")
else:
print("Daemon is running [PID=%d]" % pid)
elif operation == 'stop':
print("Stoping daemon")
daemon.stop()
elif operation == 'restart':
print("Restarting daemon")
daemon.restart()
elif operation == 'status':
print("Viewing daemon status")
pid = daemon.get_pid()
if not pid:
print("Daemon isn't running ;)")
else:
print("Daemon is running [PID=%d]" % pid)
sys.exit(0)
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
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eerien commented Nov 25, 2013

Is this codes from http://wookr.com/pydaemon/?

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