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# daemoinze the current process
# Copied from the Python Cookbook
import sys, os
LOG = "path where you want the program output to go"
def daemonize():
    try:
        pid = os.fork()
        if pid > 0:
            # exit parent
            sys.exit(0)
    except OSError, err:
        sys.exit(1)
    os.umask(0)
    os.setsid()
    try:
        pid = os.fork()
        if pid > 0:
            sys.exit(0)
    except OSError, err:
        sys.exit(1)
    sys.stdout.flush()
    sys.stderr.flush()
    stdin = open('/dev/null', 'r')
    try:
        os.remove(LOG)
    except OSError:
        pass
    stdout = open(LOG, "a+")
    stderr = open(LOG, "a+", 0)
    os.dup2(stdin.fileno(), sys.stdin.fileno())
    os.dup2(stdout.fileno(), sys.stdout.fileno())
    os.dup2(stderr.fileno(), sys.stderr.fileno())