detached

Detach the current process in the background (daemonize).

def detached(
    logfile: str = None,
    pidfile: str = None,
    uid: int, str = None,
    gid: int, str = None,
    umask: str, int = 0,
    workdir: str = None,
    fake: bool = False,
    **opts: Any
) - > DaemonContext

Detach the current process in the background (daemonize).

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
logfile	str = None	Optional path to a log file; the function verifies write access to this path before detaching.
pidfile	str = None	Optional path to a PID file; the process will exit if a lock exists for a currently running PID.
uid	int, str = None	Optional user ID or username used to set the effective user privileges of the child process.
gid	int, str = None	Optional group ID or group name used to set the effective group privileges of the child process.
umask	str, int = 0	Optional file mode creation mask to be applied in the child process.
workdir	str = None	The working directory to change to after detaching; defaults to the current working directory.
fake	bool = False	If True, the process will not actually detach; this is intended for debugging purposes.
**opts	Any	Additional keyword arguments that are ignored by the function.

Returns

Type	Description
DaemonContext	A context manager that handles the transition of the current process into a background daemon process.