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Cleanup the API of backgroundjobs to be more convenient to use....
Cleanup the API of backgroundjobs to be more convenient to use. Add support for automatic printing of all tracebacks. The script at the bottom was removed, as a separate notebook will illustrate use in a more convenient fashion.

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daemonize.py
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"""daemonize function from twisted.scripts._twistd_unix."""
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Copyright (c) Twisted Matrix Laboratories.
# See Twisted's LICENSE for details.
# http://twistedmatrix.com/
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
import os, errno
def daemonize():
# See http://www.erlenstar.demon.co.uk/unix/faq_toc.html#TOC16
if os.fork(): # launch child and...
os._exit(0) # kill off parent
os.setsid()
if os.fork(): # launch child and...
os._exit(0) # kill off parent again.
null = os.open('/dev/null', os.O_RDWR)
for i in range(3):
try:
os.dup2(null, i)
except OSError, e:
if e.errno != errno.EBADF:
raise
os.close(null)