What python modules are available to assist in daemonization in the standard library?

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I have a simple python program that I'd like to daemonize.

Since the point of my doing this is not to demonstrate mastery over the spawn, fork, disconnect , etc, I'd like to find a module that would make it quick and simple for me. I've been looking in the std lib, but can not seem to find anything.

Is there?

Holy smokes! Why did nobody mention supervisord?! – chiggsy Jul 27 '10 at 00:54 — chiggsy, Jul 27 '10 at 00:54

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 24 '09 at 20:49

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Here's a library for making well behaved unix daemons: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-daemon/

And another one that appears more lightweight: http://code.activestate.com/recipes/278731/

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Christian Oudard

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score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 24 '09 at 20:53

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subprocess

is an (almost) platform-independent module to work with processes.

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More details would be very helpful. – PearsonArtPhoto Nov 14 '12 at 01:58
`subprocess` is not the right tool for daemonization. Instead, see http://stackoverflow.com/q/473620/489590 or [python-daemon](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-daemon/). – Brian Cain Nov 14 '12 at 02:31

What python modules are available to assist in daemonization in the standard library?

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