return True
-def Daemonize(logfile, noclose_fds=None):
- """Daemonize the current process.
+def _CloseFDNoErr(fd, retries=5):
+ """Close a file descriptor ignoring errors.
- This detaches the current process from the controlling terminal and
- runs it in the background as a daemon.
+ @type fd: int
+ @param fd: the file descriptor
+ @type retries: int
+ @param retries: how many retries to make, in case we get any
+ other error than EBADF
+
+ """
+ try:
+ os.close(fd)
+ except OSError, err:
+ if err.errno != errno.EBADF:
+ if retries > 0:
+ _CloseFDNoErr(fd, retries - 1)
+ # else either it's closed already or we're out of retries, so we
+ # ignore this and go on
+
+
+def CloseFDs(noclose_fds=None):
+ """Close file descriptors.
+
+ This closes all file descriptors above 2 (i.e. except
+ stdin/out/err).
- @type logfile: str
- @param logfile: the logfile to which we should redirect stdout/stderr
@type noclose_fds: list or None
@param noclose_fds: if given, it denotes a list of file descriptor
that should not be closed
- @rtype: int
- @returns: the value zero
"""
- UMASK = 077
- WORKDIR = "/"
# Default maximum for the number of available file descriptors.
if 'SC_OPEN_MAX' in os.sysconf_names:
try:
MAXFD = 1024
else:
MAXFD = 1024
+ maxfd = resource.getrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_NOFILE)[1]
+ if (maxfd == resource.RLIM_INFINITY):
+ maxfd = MAXFD
+
+ # Iterate through and close all file descriptors (except the standard ones)
+ for fd in range(3, maxfd):
+ if noclose_fds and fd in noclose_fds:
+ continue
+ _CloseFDNoErr(fd)
+
+
+def Daemonize(logfile):
+ """Daemonize the current process.
+
+ This detaches the current process from the controlling terminal and
+ runs it in the background as a daemon.
+
+ @type logfile: str
+ @param logfile: the logfile to which we should redirect stdout/stderr
+ @rtype: int
+ @returns: the value zero
+
+ """
+ UMASK = 077
+ WORKDIR = "/"
# this might fail
pid = os.fork()
os._exit(0) # Exit parent (the first child) of the second child.
else:
os._exit(0) # Exit parent of the first child.
- maxfd = resource.getrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_NOFILE)[1]
- if (maxfd == resource.RLIM_INFINITY):
- maxfd = MAXFD
- # Iterate through and close all file descriptors.
- for fd in range(0, maxfd):
- if noclose_fds and fd in noclose_fds:
- continue
- try:
- os.close(fd)
- except OSError: # ERROR, fd wasn't open to begin with (ignored)
- pass
- os.open(logfile, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREAT|os.O_APPEND, 0600)
- # Duplicate standard input to standard output and standard error.
- os.dup2(0, 1) # standard output (1)
- os.dup2(0, 2) # standard error (2)
+ for fd in range(3):
+ _CloseFDNoErr(fd)
+ i = os.open("/dev/null", os.O_RDONLY) # stdin
+ assert i == 0, "Can't close/reopen stdin"
+ i = os.open(logfile, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREAT|os.O_APPEND, 0600) # stdout
+ assert i == 1, "Can't close/reopen stdout"
+ # Duplicate standard output to standard error.
+ os.dup2(1, 2)
return 0
# Remove all previously setup handlers
for handler in root_logger.handlers:
+ handler.close()
root_logger.removeHandler(handler)
if stderr_logging: