daemon / task framework

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Hi,

I need to write some daemons/cronjobs/tasks. These have in common that they
must

 - process commandline args
 - locate and load a configuration
 - setup logging in a robust way
 - possibly report status via mails
 - possibly manage locks to avoid concurrent running

I can whip up something myself in a few hours, but I wonder if somewhere out
there already some framework exists that I can build upon.

Thanks,

Diez