paul.hermeneu...@gmail.com writes: > It appears that python-deamon would be exactly what I need. Alas, > appears not to run on Windows. If I am wrong about that, please tell > me.
You're correct that ‘python-daemon’ uses Unix facilities to create a well-behaved Unix daemon process. Since MS Windows lacks those facilities, ‘python-daemon’ can't use them. > To what tools should I turn? If what you need – the support to create a Unix daemon process – is available only on Unix by definition, it seems you'll need to deploy to Unix. > I am not eager to produce a "service" on Windows unless it cannot be > avoided. Agreed :-) -- \ “Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.” —Mark | `\ Twain, _Following the Equator_ | _o__) | Ben Finney -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list