python running coverage on never ending process

Question

I have a multi processed web server with processes that never end, I would like to check my code coverage on the whole project in a live environment (not only from tests).

Answer 1

You can use pyrasite directly, with the following two programs.

# start.py
import sys
import coverage

sys.cov = cov = coverage.coverage()
cov.start()

And this one

# stop.py
import sys

sys.cov.stop()
sys.cov.save()
sys.cov.html_report()

Another way to go would be to trace the program using lptrace even if it only prints calls it can be useful.