- """Generic linux daemon base class for python 3.x."""
- import uuid
- import sys
- import os
- import time
- import threading
- class daemon(object):
- """A generic daemon class.
- Usage: subclass the daemon class and override the run() method."""
- def __init__(self):
- self._thread = threading.Thread(target=self.test, name='task_queue', daemon=True)
- def test(self):
- for i in range(3):
- print('running loop %s' % i)
- time.sleep(1)
- def daemonize(self):
- """Daemonizes the current process. Returns the new pid"""
- 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)
- print('First fork pid %s' % os.getpid())
- # 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('/tmp/file', 'a+')
- se = open('/tmp/file', 'a+')
- os.dup2(si.fileno(), sys.stdin.fileno())
- os.dup2(so.fileno(), sys.stdout.fileno())
- os.dup2(se.fileno(), sys.stderr.fileno())
- def start(self):
- """Start the daemon."""
- # Start the daemon
- self.daemonize()
- self._thread.start()
- self.wait()
- def wait(self):
- """
- Waits for the thread to exit.
- Allows abortion of task queue with ctrl-c
- """
- try:
- print('thread alive is %s' % self._thread.is_alive())
- while self._thread.is_alive():
- print('pid %s wait sleep thread alive is %s' % (os.getpid(), self._thread.is_alive()))
- time.sleep(0.5)
- except KeyboardInterrupt:
- print('Got ctrl-c, shutting down after running task (if any) completes')
- # We still wait to finish cleanly, pressing ctrl-c again will abort
- while self._thread.is_alive():
- time.sleep(0.5)
- d = daemon()
- d.start()