Hey Jeff,
nohup is exactly what I was looking for.
I used it before, but I couldn't remember the name of the function.
Thank you for taking the time to clarify how local and & works i really
appreciate it.
Taras
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Jeff Forcier <j...@bitprophet.org> wrote:
> Hi Taras,
>
> Using '&' isn't really daemonizing -- it's simply putting the process
> into the background of the invoking shell session. This is why local()
> never returns: because the shell it creates is still waiting for the
> process to finish.
>
> Instead, you may want to try using 'nohup' or 'screen', which IIRC can
> truly detach from the spawning shell, and will then return control to
> you.
>
> Also note that local() is simply a wrapper around the 'subprocess'
> module (albeit one that honors Fabric's context managers like cd()) so
> you can always use subprocess directly, or other Python modules
> dealing with processes, such as 'multiprocessing' or 'os'.
>
> Best,
> Jeff
>
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Taras Mankovski <tar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hey Guys,
> > I'm trying to start google app engine's dev_runserver as a daemon.
> > So I'm trying to do
> > pid = local('./bin/dev_appserver --port=%s beecoop.com & '%(env.port))
> > But when it gets to this line, it just sits there and waits.
> > If I run this command in bash I get
> > ./bin/dev_appserver --port=10500 beecoop.com &
> > [1] 17095
> > Can you please explain why it does this? and what how would I get it
> > daemonize and move on?
> > Thank you,
> > Taras
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