Alain Ketterlin wrote: > Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> writes: > >> I have a Python script which I would like to test without a tty attached >> to the process. I could run it as a cron job, but is there an easier way? >> >> I am running Linux. > > Isn't os.setsid() what you're looking for? It makes the calling process > have no controlling terminal. There's also a user command called setsid > that should have the same effect.
It doesn't appear so to me. [steve@sylar ~]$ tty /dev/pts/16 [steve@sylar ~]$ setsid tty /dev/pts/16 [steve@sylar ~]$ python -c "import sys,os; print os.isatty(sys.stdout.fileno())" True [steve@sylar ~]$ setsid python -c "import sys,os; print os.isatty(sys.stdout.fileno())" True If I run the same Python command (without the setsid) as a cron job, I get False emailed to me. That's the effect I'm looking for. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
