def daemonize()

in asfpy/daemon.py [0:0]

• 31 lines of code
• 7 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

    def daemonize(self):
        try:
            pid = os.fork()
            if pid > 0:
                # exit first parent
                sys.exit(0)
        except OSError as err:
            sys.stderr.write('fork #1 failed: {0}\n'.format(err))
            sys.exit(1)

        # decouple from parent environment
        os.chdir('/')
        os.setsid()
        os.umask(0)

        # do second fork
        try:
            pid = os.fork()
            if pid > 0:

                # exit from second parent
                sys.exit(0)
        except OSError as err:
            sys.stderr.write('fork #2 failed: {0}\n'.format(err))
            sys.exit(1)

        # redirect standard file descriptors if need be
        if self.quiet:
            sys.stdout.flush()
            sys.stderr.flush()
            si = open(os.devnull, 'r')
            so = open(os.devnull, 'a+')
            se = open(os.devnull, 'a+')

            os.dup2(si.fileno(), sys.stdin.fileno())
            os.dup2(so.fileno(), sys.stdout.fileno())
            os.dup2(se.fileno(), sys.stderr.fileno())

        # write pidfile
        atexit.register(self.delpid)

        pid = str(os.getpid())
        with open(self.pidfile,'w+') as f:
            f.write(pid + '\n')