IcsUtils.Daemon Common Library

Daemon: Library for Daemon

This is the Daemon common library.

class opslib.icsutils.daemon.Daemon(pidfile, stdin='/dev/null', stdout='/dev/null', stderr='/dev/null')

A generic daemon class.

Usage: subclass the Daemon class and override the run() method

__init__(pidfile, stdin='/dev/null', stdout='/dev/null', stderr='/dev/null')

__module__ = 'opslib.icsutils.daemon'

daemonize()

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

delpid()

restart()

Restart the daemon

run()

You should override this method when you subclass Daemon. It will be called after the process has been daemonized by start() or restart().

start()

Start the daemon

stop()

Stop the daemon

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