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Python daemon
"""Generic linux daemon base class for python 3.x."""
import sys, os, time, atexit, signal
class daemon:
"""A generic daemon class.
Usage: subclass the daemon class and override the run() method."""
def __init__(self, pidfile): self.pidfile = pidfile
def daemonize(self):
"""Deamonize class. UNIX double fork mechanism."""
try:
pid = os.fork()
if pid > 0:
# exit first parent
sys.exit(0)
except OSError as err:
sys.stderr.write('fork #1 failed: {0}\n'.format(err))
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 as err:
sys.stderr.write('fork #2 failed: {0}\n'.format(err))
sys.exit(1)
# redirect standard file descriptors
sys.stdout.flush()
sys.stderr.flush()
si = open(os.devnull, 'r')
so = open(os.devnull, 'a+')
se = open(os.devnull, 'a+')
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())
with open(self.pidfile,'w+') as f:
f.write(pid + '\n')
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:
with open(self.pidfile,'r') as pf:
pid = int(pf.read().strip())
except IOError:
pid = None
if pid:
message = "pidfile {0} already exist. " + \
"Daemon already running?\n"
sys.stderr.write(message.format(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:
with open(self.pidfile,'r') as pf:
pid = int(pf.read().strip())
except IOError:
pid = None
if not pid:
message = "pidfile {0} does not exist. " + \
"Daemon not running?\n"
sys.stderr.write(message.format(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 as err:
e = str(err.args)
if e.find("No such process") > 0:
if os.path.exists(self.pidfile):
os.remove(self.pidfile)
else:
print (str(err.args))
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()."""
import os
import sys
import time
from daemon import daemon
class Daemon(daemon):
__delay = 40.0
def __init__(self, pidfile):
daemon.__init__(self, pidfile)
def singlePass(self):
doWork()
time.sleep(self.__delay)
def run(self):
while True:
self.singlePass()
if __name__ == "__main__":
D = DeliveredDaemon(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), 'delivered.pid'))
if len(sys.argv) == 2:
if sys.argv[1] == 'start':
D.start()
elif sys.argv[1] == 'stop':
D.stop()
elif sys.argv[1] == 'restart':
D.restart()
elif sys.argv[1] == 'run':
D.singlePass()
else:
print "Unknown command"
sys.exit(2)
sys.exit(0)
else:
print "usage: %s start|stop|restart" % sys.argv[0]
sys.exit(2)
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