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authorNicolas Schodet2008-06-03 21:48:19 +0200
committerNicolas Schodet2008-06-03 21:48:19 +0200
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* host, digital/asserv/tools, digital/avr/modules:
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-# mex - Messages exchange library. {{{
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2008 Nicolas Schodet
-#
-# APBTeam:
-# Web: http://apbteam.org/
-# Email: team AT apbteam DOT org
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
-#
-# }}}
-"""Run a function in a separate process."""
-import os, sys, signal
-
-class Forked:
- """
- Usage:
-
- >>> f = Forked (function)
- (function runs in background, in a separated process)
- >>> f.kill ()
- (send the SIGTERM signal to the process)
- """
-
- def __init__ (self, function):
- """Initialise, fork, and call the given function in the children
- process."""
- self.pid = os.fork ()
- if self.pid == 0:
- function ()
- sys.exit (0)
-
- def kill (self):
- """Kill the forked function."""
- os.kill (self.pid, signal.SIGTERM)
- os.waitpid (self.pid, 0)