How to start daemon process from python on windows?

Question

Can my python script spawn a process that will run indefinitely?

I\'m not too familiar with python, nor with spawning deamons, so I cam up with this:

Answer 1

Using the answer Janne Karila pointed out this is how you can run a process that doen't die when its parent dies, no need to use the win32process module.

DETACHED_PROCESS = 8
subprocess.Popen(executable, creationflags=DETACHED_PROCESS, close_fds=True)

DETACHED_PROCESS is a Process Creation Flag that is passed to the underlying CreateProcess function.