Frank Hoffsümmer wrote: >Hello all, >I found this gem of a python recipe that allows me to monitor a hierarchy of >folders on my filesystem for additions / changes / removals of files: >http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/215418 > >I would like to monitor a folder hierarchy using this script but now I >wonder what would be the best way to have this watchfolder script running at >all times in the background? > >nohup python watchfolder.py myfolder & > >? would that be suitable?? or is there a way to launch a process like that >from python that detaches itself from the shell? > > Using nohup should certainly work fine. Make sure you understand what happens to any standard (etc.) output from your script when you use it with nohup - i.e. read the nohup man page! alex
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