Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Timo Furrer Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Daemon strategy Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 10:58:42 -0800 Lines: 54 Message-ID: References: <85d1sb9eh7.fsf@benfinney.id.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de neZaciLrRFxkdI2+AqG6yAQvT6+1lY4Gb3Y2/b2nwexw== Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.010 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'skip:p 60': 0.05; 'cc:addr :python-list': 0.09; 'definition,': 0.09; 'url:github': 0.09; ':-)': 0.12; '2016': 0.16; '8bit%:32': 0.16; 'received:io': 0.16; 'received:psf.io': 0.16; 'subject:strategy': 0.16; 'subprocess': 0.16; 'win32process': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; '>': 0.18; 'windows': 0.20; 'cc:2**0': 0.20; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.20; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.22; 'am,': 0.23; 'appears': 0.23; 'seems': 0.23; 'feb': 0.23; 'eager': 0.23; 'import': 0.24; 'unix': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'fri,': 0.27; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'correct': 0.28; 'url:mailman': 0.30; 'agreed': 0.31; "can't": 0.32; 'run': 0.33; 'url:python': 0.33; 'windows.': 0.33; 'url:listinfo': 0.34; 'that,': 0.34; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'received:74.125.82': 0.35; 'should': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'skip:& 10': 0.37; 'wrong': 0.38; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'where': 0.40; "you'll": 0.61; 'email addr:gmail.com': 0.62; 'skip:\xc2 10': 0.67; 'skip:\xe2 10': 0.70; '\xe2\x80\x93': 0.72; 'facilities': 0.72; '_o__)': 0.84; 'lacks': 0.84; 'avoided.': 0.91 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=U1KZRkW0iyD5kRzd8ZSTiVRuWU66i/7AkknXgCkUGek=; b=fT3zq868Nlw6vO/i8dJsNPGUEMamHh4/xyYzIrGGzvIjbwaCfOWUN2NVJDyhkmwKi6 jWMVJsX1QFAFiboUC7qlVMcxytzjkehZ3RRcWxUIeEIz/hqqbEWnfFMujoN8NQxjtIch AFVOQM3WVjIJ7a/iO1yqgEH9SSUrtdHlNHbc3firTwK7VXAnFpfZvbx0jnvDW9GpZEO5 ZXAT7TQ4X2xwH74q4MwUY+pRDYKypDP/V5wSJ2TVtrr/pl//1Tk6SwcGB4BT0yPrfBcC BlUZEDVomhSSb6JpVHyUPiih64b4n0iV72kdiuAzJnGawDxV9p8vGz1w72xY5riaPeOv +euQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=U1KZRkW0iyD5kRzd8ZSTiVRuWU66i/7AkknXgCkUGek=; b=Wr0IRSxLQKS5GzaWIr6o+mHNcbaZGj5rk1C2w7iqfkCwiw064lHAlAbRvsCPfqRc90 bIq2t3wraHcROvkACmG03idjlv8NB2LBl+UtzZMIRKP0K6svmR8E43R4JMHRu6EWhGNW vZn3nUf7DOukxQME8Xc9kguRnhwJATqP6XbpsnWf3FTiGX6+QB41lK41bOiAe4WzX4+v doGhKhced7h7Wix09bs/4cb3R8UHhEiPqu02grqyXYYjNwsZk6Q4zmuy0xoVDlAVkAsZ BO11AGAgFEWfYvaa2LiJoJTT0xNnljuIC6tc92VGLgT/bJ0kyNwIcSdamyygQTZQFiOt tbzw== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YOTdCw6HqXMnXrkHUg23LPSrzBAAB9rvjZI6+/OOvsZoWsiLQMwVivGBACg7Jt51cppbKiKtbpRYgqeQvw== X-Received: by 10.194.5.227 with SMTP id v3mr18518236wjv.59.1454698722890; Fri, 05 Feb 2016 10:58:42 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <85d1sb9eh7.fsf@benfinney.id.au> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 06 Feb 2016 05:37:33 -0500 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.21rc2 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21rc2 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:102580 As Ben already said .. either deploy to Unix systems or use subprocess.Popen and detach the process: from subprocess import Popenfrom win32process import DETACHED_PROCESS Popen(["YOURPROCESS"],creationflags=3DDETACHED_PROCESS,shell=3DTrue) On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 10:52 AM, Ben Finney wrote: > paul.hermeneutic@gmail.com writes: > > > It appears that python-deamon would be exactly what I need. Alas, > > appears not to run on Windows. If I am wrong about that, please tell > > me. > > You're correct that =E2=80=98python-daemon=E2=80=99 uses Unix facilities = to create a > well-behaved Unix daemon process. > > Since MS Windows lacks those facilities, =E2=80=98python-daemon=E2=80=99 = can't use them. > > > To what tools should I turn? > > If what you need =E2=80=93 the support to create a Unix daemon process = =E2=80=93 is > available only on Unix by definition, it seems you'll need to deploy to > Unix. > > > I am not eager to produce a "service" on Windows unless it cannot be > > avoided. > > Agreed :-) > > -- > \ =E2=80=9CWrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.= =E2=80=9D =E2=80=94Mark | > `\ Twain, _Following the Equator_ | > _o__) | > Ben Finney > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > --=20 *Timo Furrer* https://github.com/timofurrer tuxtimo@gmail.com