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Description:

undead 0.2.2

Dead Easy POSIX Daemons for Python!

#!/usr/bin/python
import undead

@undead
def my_daemon_process():
""" This function will be daemonized. """
from time import sleep
while True:
sleep(10)

Installation
pip install undead

Settings

undead.name
Name of the logger and process.
Default: __name__ of decorated callable

undead.pidfile
Path to pidfile.
Default: ~/.{undead.name}/{undead.name}.pid

undead.log_level
Log level.
Default: "WARNING"

undead.process_name
The name of the process (that shows up in ps etc.)
Default: None (No manipulation of process name)

Example
import undead

undead.name = "my-first-daemon"
undead.process_name = "leDeamon"

@undead
def my_daemon_process():
""" This function will be daemonized. """
# ...

Logging within the decorated handler
Just add log to your decorated signature, and the logger will be passed down. Log away captain!
import undead

@undead
def i_am_undead(log):
log.warning("I'm warning you!")
log.info("Soap, 2 for $1.99")
The logfile will be created in ~/.i_am_undead

License
MIT