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temps/daemon.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import sys, os, time, atexit, signal, subprocess
+
+class Daemon:
+    """
+    A generic daemon class.	
+    Usage: subclass the Daemon class and override the run() method
+    From: http://bit.ly/TnPxwp
+    Developed by Sander Marechal
+    Minor modifications by Massimo Di Pierro
+    """
+    def __init__(self,
+                 pidfile, 
+		 stdin='/dev/null', 
+		 stdout='/dev/null', 
+		 stderr=None):
+	    
+        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
+        """
+        try: 
+            pid = os.fork() 
+            if pid > 0:
+                # exit first parent
+                sys.exit(0) 
+        except OSError, e: 
+            sys.stderr.write("fork #1 failed: %d (%s)\n" % (
+                    e.errno, e.strerror))
+            sys.exit(1)
+	
+        # decouple from parent environment
+        os.chdir("/") 
+        os.setsid() 
+        os.umask(0) 
+	
+        # do second fork
+        try: 
+            pid = os.fork() 
+            if pid > 0:
+                # exit from second parent
+                sys.exit(0) 
+        except OSError, e: 
+            sys.stderr.write("fork #2 failed: %d (%s)\n" % (
+                    e.errno, e.strerror))
+            sys.exit(1) 
+	
+        # redirect standard file descriptors
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+        sys.stderr.flush()
+        if self.stdin != '/dev/null':
+            os.mkfifo(self.stdin)
+        si = open(self.stdin, 'r')        
+        if self.stdout != '/dev/null':
+            os.mkfifo(self.stdout)
+        so = open(self.stdout, 'a+')
+        if self.stderr is None:
+            se = so
+        else:
+            if self.stderr != '/dev/null':
+                os.mkfifo(self.stderr)
+            se = open(self.stderr, 'a+', 0)
+        os.dup2(si.fileno(), sys.stdin.fileno())
+        os.dup2(so.fileno(), sys.stdout.fileno())
+        os.dup2(se.fileno(), sys.stderr.fileno())
+	
+        # write pidfile
+        # atexit.register(self.delpid)
+        pid = str(os.getpid())
+        open(self.pidfile,'w+').write("%s\n" % pid)
+	
+    def delpid(self):
+        os.remove(self.pidfile)
+
+    def start(self):
+        """
+        Start the daemon
+        """
+        # Check for a pidfile to see if the daemon already runs
+        try:
+            pf = open(self.pidfile,'r')
+            pid = int(pf.read().strip())
+            pf.close()
+        except IOError:
+            pid = None
+	
+        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 stop(self):
+        """
+        Stop the daemon
+        """
+        # Get the pid from the pidfile
+        try:
+            pf = open(self.pidfile,'r')
+            pid = int(pf.read().strip())
+            pf.close()
+        except IOError:
+            pid = None
+	
+        if not pid:
+            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 1:
+                os.kill(pid, signal.SIGTERM)
+                time.sleep(0.1)
+        except OSError, err:
+            err = str(err)
+            if err.find("No such process") > 0:
+                if os.path.exists(self.pidfile):
+                    os.remove(self.pidfile)
+                else:
+                    print str(err)
+                    sys.exit(1)
+
+    def restart(self):
+        """
+        Restart the daemon
+        """
+        self.stop()
+        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().
+        """
+        if hasattr(self,'args'):
+            subprocess.call(self.args,
+                            stdin=sys.stdin,
+                            stdout=sys.stdout,
+                            stderr=sys.stderr,
+                            shell=True)
+
+
+os.system('rm t1/*')
+d = Daemon(
+    pidfile = '/Users/massimodipierro/Dropbox/web2py/temps/t1/process.pid',
+    stdin = '/Users/massimodipierro/Dropbox/web2py/temps/t1/fifo.in',
+    stdout = '/Users/massimodipierro/Dropbox/web2py/temps/t1/fifo.out',
+    stderr = None)
+
+d.args = ['python looping.py']
+d.start()