On Dec 14, 12:35 pm, MRAB <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote: > pyt...@bdurham.com wrote: > > Is there an os independent way to check if a python app is running? > > > Goal: I have a server program based on cherrypy that I only want to have > > running once. If a system administrator accidentally attempts to run > > this program more than once, I would like the 2nd instance of the > > program to detect that its already running and exit. > > You could use lockfile:http://pypi.python.org/pypi/lockfile/0.7 > > If a certain file exists and is locked, then the app is already running.
How is this different from the zc.lockfile package? http://pypi.python.org/pypi/zc.lockfile/ -srid -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
