How do I daemonize an arbitrary script in unix?

Question

I\'d like a daemonizer that can turn an arbitrary, generic script or command into a daemon.

There are two common cases I\'d like to deal with:

1. I hav

Answer 1

First get createDaemon() from http://code.activestate.com/recipes/278731/

Then the main code:

import subprocess
import sys
import time

createDaemon()

while True:
    subprocess.call(" ".join(sys.argv[1:]),shell=True)
    time.sleep(10)