--- /dev/null
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Public Domain
+#
+# Copyright 2007, 2009 Sander Marechal <s.marechal@jejik.com>
+# Copyright 2010, 2011 Jack Kaliko <efrim@azylum.org>
+#
+# http://www.jejik.com/articles/2007/02/a_simple_unix_linux_daemon_in_python/
+
+import atexit
+import os
+import sys
+import time
+from signal import signal, SIGTERM
+
+
+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
+ """
+ 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)
+
+ self.write_pid()
+ # redirect standard file descriptors
+ sys.stdout.flush()
+ sys.stderr.flush()
+ si = file(self.stdin, 'r')
+ so = file(self.stdout, 'a+')
+ se = file(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())
+
+ atexit.register(self.shutdown)
+ self.signal_management()
+
+ def write_pid(self):
+ # write pidfile
+ if not self.pidfile:
+ return
+ pid = str(os.getpid())
+ try:
+ file(self.pidfile, 'w').write('%s\n' % pid)
+ #except IOError, wpid_err:
+ except Exception, wpid_err:
+ sys.stderr.write(u'Error trying to write pid file to %s: %s\n' %
+ (unicode(self.pidfile, 'utf-8'), wpid_err))
+ sys.exit(1)
+ atexit.register(self.delpid)
+
+ def signal_management(self):
+ # Declare signal handlers
+ signal(SIGTERM, self.exit_handler)
+
+ def exit_handler(self, signum, frame):
+ sys.exit(1)
+
+ 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 = file(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 foreground(self):
+ """
+ Foreground/debug mode
+ """
+ self.write_pid()
+ atexit.register(self.shutdown)
+ self.run()
+
+ def stop(self):
+ """
+ Stop the daemon
+ """
+ # Get the pid from the pidfile
+ try:
+ pf = file(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:
+ os.kill(pid, SIGTERM)
+ time.sleep(0.1)
+ except OSError, err:
+ err = str(err)
+ if err.find("No such process") > 0:
+ if os.path.exists(self.pidfile):
+ message = "Daemon not running? removing pid file %s.\n"
+ sys.stderr.write(message % self.pidfile)
+ os.remove(self.pidfile)
+ else:
+ print str(err)
+ sys.exit(1)
+
+ def restart(self):
+ """
+ Restart the daemon
+ """
+ self.stop()
+ self.start()
+
+ def shutdown(self):
+ """
+ You should override this method when you subclass Daemon. It will be
+ called when the process is being stopped.
+ Pay attention:
+ Daemon() uses atexit to call Daemon().shutdown(), as a consequence
+ shutdown and any other functions registered via this module are not
+ called when the program is killed by an un-handled/unknown signal.
+ This is the reason of Daemon().signal_management() existence.
+ """
+
+ 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().
+ """
+
+
+def main():
+ pass
+
+# Script starts here
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ main()
+
+# VIM MODLINE
+# vim: ai ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 expandtab