Scripts (running once)

[mixo]

Olaf Trygve Berglihn wrote:

> mixo <mixo77 at usa.net> writes:
>
> > How can one find out if there is a particular python script runnig, and
> > hence prevent
> > the same script from being run again? For instance, say I run a script
> > 'mytes.py' with
> > the following command:
> >
> >             python mytes.py
> >
> > Now, the next time  a user types the same command, a message saying the
> > script is
> > already running (or something of that sort) should be printed, as the
> > script has not
> > termintated.
>
> How about using a lock-file? This code removes the lock after the
> program has ended. Replace the finally-statements with a pass if you
> want the program to be executed only once. Note that the user must
> have write-permissons for the lockfile.
>
> #!/usr/bin/env python
>
> import os
>
> LOCKFILE="/tmp/myprog.lock"
>
> def main():
>         #your code here
>         import time
>         time.sleep(20) # pause for 20 sek.
>
> if __name__ == '__main__':
>         if os.path.isfile(LOCKFILE):
>                 import sys
>                 sys.stdout.write("Already running myprog\n")
>                 sys.exit(1)
>         else:
>                 fd = open(LOCKFILE, 'w')
>                 fd.close()
>         try:
>                 main()
>         finally:
>                 if os.path.isfile(LOCKFILE):
>                         os.remove(LOCKFILE)
> --
> Olaf Trygve Berglihn <olafb+usenet at pvv.org>

If you send a hangup signal, for instance, 'killall -HUP python' (not the
best way to do things)
the lockfile won't be removed. How then , would you cater for system signals
or system crash?