Removed cruft from the tests directory
The current tests were outdated (they tested code that no longer
exists), and were causing the test suite (insofar as it deserves
that name) to fail for no reason.
Patch by: Sverre Rabbelier
import os
import sys
if os.name == 'posix':
def become_daemon(our_home_dir='.', out_log='/dev/null',
err_log='/dev/null', umask=022):
"Robustly turn into a UNIX daemon, running in our_home_dir."
# First fork
try:
if os.fork() > 0:
sys.exit(0) # kill off parent
except OSError, e:
sys.stderr.write("fork #1 failed: (%d) %s\n" % (e.errno, e.strerror))
sys.exit(1)
os.setsid()
os.chdir(our_home_dir)
os.umask(umask)
# Second fork
try:
if os.fork() > 0:
os._exit(0)
except OSError, e:
sys.stderr.write("fork #2 failed: (%d) %s\n" % (e.errno, e.strerror))
os._exit(1)
si = open('/dev/null', 'r')
so = open(out_log, 'a+', 0)
se = open(err_log, 'a+', 0)
os.dup2(si.fileno(), sys.stdin.fileno())
os.dup2(so.fileno(), sys.stdout.fileno())
os.dup2(se.fileno(), sys.stderr.fileno())
# Set custom file descriptors so that they get proper buffering.
sys.stdout, sys.stderr = so, se
else:
def become_daemon(our_home_dir='.', out_log=None, err_log=None, umask=022):
"""
If we're not running under a POSIX system, just simulate the daemon
mode by doing redirections and directory changing.
"""
os.chdir(our_home_dir)
os.umask(umask)
sys.stdin.close()
sys.stdout.close()
sys.stderr.close()
if err_log:
sys.stderr = open(err_log, 'a', 0)
else:
sys.stderr = NullDevice()
if out_log:
sys.stdout = open(out_log, 'a', 0)
else:
sys.stdout = NullDevice()
class NullDevice:
"A writeable object that writes to nowhere -- like /dev/null."
def write(self, s):
pass