Hello,
`files_preserve` :Default: ``None``
List of files that should *not* be closed when starting the daemon.
Why does it have to be explicit? If I have an open file lying around, it should be obvious that I don't want it closed. Otherwise I'd have closed it myself... The exception is of course the three stdio streams, which should be treated separately.
`umask` :Default: ``0``
File access creation mask (“umask”) to set for the process on daemon start.
Since a process inherits its umask from its parent process, starting the daemon will reset the umask to this value so that files are created by the daemon with access modes as it expects.
Why this behaviour? It's easy enough to call os.umask() manually if you want it, but there are certainly situations where you don't want to change the umask (situations where the daemon is meant to act on behalf of the user who started it). Or, perhaps, umask could be made mand (regardless of which, 0 isn't a sensible umask default!)
* If the `pidfile_directory` attribute is not ``None``:
* Look in that directory for a file named '`pidfile_name`.pid'; if it exists, raise a `DaemonError` to prevent multiple instances of the daemon process.
It should first check that there does exist a processus with that number, so that stale pid files don't cause too many problems. Regards Antoine.