[Tutor] Python Daemon

[Tim Johnson]

I'll add to what Dierdre said:
	The ampersand (I believe) will
only run the process in the background of the
terminal that is open. 
	However, if I run fetchmail with a -d
switch, then it will still run regardless if I have any
console windows open from X.
	So indeed, the second example is what I'm
looking for.......
On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Deirdre Saoirse wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Kalle Svensson wrote:
> 
> > Sez Pedro Diaz Jimenez:
> > > In order to make a daemon, you've got to fork() and kill the father. Then
> > > you have a child in the background
> >
> > That's not true, at least not with my definition of daemon, basically
> > a process that is left running.  Just start the process in the
> > background (with an &, like "python script.py &") and exit the shell.
> > Perhaps with older shells you'll have to run it through nohup or
> > something, but I don't know.
> 
> That doesn't *necessarily* work -- try logging out from that shell
> afterwards. In many cases, it'll be gone. Screen is a workaround, but not
> suitable for a daemon.
> 
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