Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> writes: > The standard trick is to make the process a grandchild instead of a > child. Fork, kick off subprocess, exit (the forked child).
For Cecil Westerhof's benefit: If you haven't seen it, the ‘python-daemon’ library is designed to get this, and other fiddly aspects of daemonising the current program, correct in Python code. <URL:https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-daemon/> -- \ “Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice.” | `\ —Henry L. Mencken | _o__) | Ben Finney -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list