Creating a daemon process in Python

[garrickp at gmail.com]

On Feb 21, 9:33 am, Eirikur Hallgrimsson <e... at mad.scientist.com>
wrote:
> Sakagami Hiroki wrote:
> > What is the easiest way to create a daemon process in Python?

I've found it even easier to use the built in threading modules:

import time

t1 = time.time()
print "t_poc.py called at", t1

import threading

def im_a_thread():
    time.sleep(10)
    print "This is your thread speaking at", time.time()

thread = threading.Thread(target=im_a_thread)
thread.setDaemon(True)
thread.start()
t2 = time.time()
print "Time elapsed in main thread:", t2 - t1


Of course, your mileage may vary.