Creating a daemon process in Python

[Benjamin Niemann]

garrickp at gmail.com wrote:

> 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.

That's not a daemon process (which are used to execute 'background services'
in UNIX environments).

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