On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:30:07 -0600, Nick Craig-Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Eirikur Hallgrimsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [snip] > >> if (not os.fork()): >> # hang around till adopted by init >> ppid = os.getppid() >> while (ppid != 1): >> time.sleep(0.5) >> ppid = os.getppid() > >Why do you need hang around until adopted by init? I've never see >that in a daemonize recipe before? >
I think it simplifies some signal handling logic. I'd never seen it before in a deamonizer either, but it caught my eye in this one. I haven't had time to investigate further though. I hope Eirikur will explain. :) Jean-Paul -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
