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This function will transform an application to a daemon:
import sys
import os
def daemonize():
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, 'w')
se = open(os.devnull, 'w')
os.dup2(si.fileno(), sys.stdin.fileno())
os.dup2(so.fileno(), sys.stdout.fileno())
os.dup2(se.fileno(), sys.stderr.fileno())