Re: [Python-ideas] Draft PEP (version 0.4): Standard daemon process library

Ben Finney <ben+python@...> writes:

What would be appropriate behaviour in the case of a stale PID file? Abort the daemonisation attempt? Delete the stale lock file silently and continue as though it didn't exist?

Delete the stale lock file silently and continue as though it didn't exist. (and, of course, create another one for the current process)