SimpleDaemon 1.0.1

SimpleDaemon is a fork of Shane Hathaway's daemon.py script.<br /><br />Example<br /><br />Writing a daemon requires creating two files, a daemon file and a configuration file with the same name.<br /><br />hellodaemon.py:<br /><br />import simpledaemon<br />import logging<br />import time<br /><br />class HelloDaemon(simpledaemon.Daemon):<br /> default_conf = '/etc/hellodaemon.conf'<br /> section = 'hello'<br /><br /> def run(self):<br /> while True:<br /> logging.info('The daemon says hello')<br /> time.sleep(1)<br /><br />if __name__ == '__main__':<br /> HelloDaemon().main()<br /><br />hellodaemon.conf:<br /><br />[hello]<br />uid =<br />gid =<br />pidfile = ./hellodaemon.pid<br />logfile = ./hellodaemon.log<br />loglevel = info<br /><br />Here are some key features of "SimpleDaemon":<br /><br />?*A* reads the command line<br />?*A* reads a configuration file<br />?*A* configures logging<br />?*A* calls root-level setup code<br />?*A* drops privileges<br />?*A* calls user-level setup code<br />?*A* detaches from the controlling terminal<br />?*A* checks and writes a pidfile<br /><br /><br />#md5=10ab1ebe102ed17ed452c119cd4c5a1a

Requirements:	No special requirements
Platforms:	*nix, Linux
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