pidfile Module

class gaffer.pidfile.Pidfile(fname)

Bases: object

Manage a PID file. If a specific name is provided it and ‘”%s.oldpid” % name’ will be used. Otherwise we create a temp file using os.mkstemp.

create(pid)

rename(path)

unlink()

delete pidfile

validate()

Validate pidfile and make it stale if needed