[Tutor] Python Daemon

[Kalle Svensson]

Sez Tim Johnson:
[snip]
> [tim@shecom sem2]$ python daemontest.py 
> shutting down parent process: 12234
> [tim@shecom sem2]$ ps   
>   PID TTY          TIME CMD
> 11995 pts/2    00:00:00 bash
> 12234 pts/2    00:00:00 python  # yo!! There it is 
> 12235 pts/2    00:00:00 ps
> # if at the same time, I go to another terminal and query processes
> # this is what I see:
> [tim@shecom tim]$ ps
>   PID TTY          TIME CMD
> 12228 pts/1    00:00:00 bash
> 12236 pts/1    00:00:00 ps
> # Now, my questions are :
> Did I really create a daemon or did I just create a background process?
> If I did create the daemon, how do I verify that?

You'll have to use "ps ax" to see all processes.  "man ps" is your friend.
Use grep to filter them: "ps ax | grep python | grep -v grep".

Peace,
  Kalle
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