Re: [Python-ideas] Cross-platform file locking, PID files , and the "daemon" PEP

"Stephen J. Turnbull" writes:

Ben Finney writes:

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Skip Montanaro has a PyPI package, ‘lockfile’ (currently marked "Beta") URL:http://pypi.python.org/pypi/lockfile that has such ambitions.

I would send your proposal for PIDlockfile to Skip. […]

For those people who have asked about the status of this: Yes, I'm currently working with Skip on the ‘lockfile’ package so that it can be used for the ‘daemon’ implementation. -- \ “Following fashion and the status quo is easy. Thinking about | `\ your users' lives and creating something practical is much | _o__) harder.” —Ryan Singer, 2008-07-09 | Ben Finney