#!/usr/bin/python
from daemon import Daemon
import sys
import time
import traceback

PIDFILE = '/var/run/yourdaemon.pid'

class YourDaemon(Daemon):
	
	def run(self):
		# Define your tasks here
		# Anything written in python is permitted
		# For example you can clean up your server logs every hour
			
		while True:
			# The daemon will repeat your tasks according to this variable
			# it's in second so 60 is 1 minute, 3600 is 1 hour, etc. 
			time.sleep(60)

if __name__ == "__main__":

	daemon = YourDaemon(PIDFILE)
	
	if len(sys.argv) == 2:

		if 'start' == sys.argv[1]:
			try:
				daemon.start()
			except:
				traceback.print_exc(file=sys.stdout)
		
		elif 'stop' == sys.argv[1]:
			print "Stopping ..."
			daemon.stop()
		
		elif 'restart' == sys.argv[1]:
			print "Restaring ..."
			daemon.restart()
		
		elif 'status' == sys.argv[1]:
			try:
				pf = file(PIDFILE,'r')
				pid = int(pf.read().strip())
				pf.close()
			except IOError:
				pid = None
			except SystemExit:
				pid = None

			if pid:
				print 'YourDaemon is running as pid %s' % pid
			else:
				print 'YourDaemon is not running.'
		
		else:
			print "Unknown command"
			sys.exit(2)
			sys.exit(0)
	else:
		print "usage: %s start|stop|restart|status" % sys.argv[0]
		sys.exit(2)


#!/usr/bin/python
from daemon import Daemon
import sys
import time

PIDFILE = '/var/run/yourdaemon.pid'

class YourDaemon(Daemon):
	
	def run(self):
		# Define your tasks here
		# Anything written in python is permitted
		# For example you can clean up your server logs every hour
			
		while True:
			# The daemon will repeat your tasks according to this variable
			# it's in second so 60 is 1 minute, 3600 is 1 hour, etc. 
			time.sleep(60)

if __name__ == "__main__":

	daemon = YourDaemon(PIDFILE)
	
	if len(sys.argv) == 2:

		if 'start' == sys.argv[1]:
			try:
				daemon.start()
			except:
				pass
		
		elif 'stop' == sys.argv[1]:
			print "Stopping ..."
			daemon.stop()
		
		elif 'restart' == sys.argv[1]:
			print "Restaring ..."
			daemon.restart()
		
		elif 'status' == sys.argv[1]:
			try:
				pf = file(PIDFILE,'r')
				pid = int(pf.read().strip())
				pf.close()
			except IOError:
				pid = None
			except SystemExit:
				pid = None

			if pid:
				print 'YourDaemon is running as pid %s' % pid
			else:
				print 'YourDaemon is not running.'
		
		else:
			print "Unknown command"
			sys.exit(2)
			sys.exit(0)
	else:
		print "usage: %s start|stop|restart|status" % sys.argv[0]
		sys.exit(2)


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