Exscript/util/pidutil.py
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"""
Handling PID (process id) files.
"""
from builtins import str
import os
import logging
import fcntl
import errno
def read(path):
"""
Returns the process id from the given file if it exists, or None
otherwise. Raises an exception for all other types of OSError
while trying to access the file.
:type path: str
:param path: The name of the pidfile.
:rtype: int or None
:return: The PID, or none if the file was not found.
"""
# Try to read the pid from the pidfile.
logging.info("Checking pidfile '%s'", path)
try:
return int(open(path).read())
except IOError as xxx_todo_changeme:
(code, text) = xxx_todo_changeme.args
if code == errno.ENOENT: # no such file or directory
return None
raise
def isalive(path):
"""
Returns True if the file with the given name contains a process
id that is still alive.
Returns False otherwise.
:type path: str
:param path: The name of the pidfile.
:rtype: bool
:return: Whether the process is alive.
"""
# try to read the pid from the pidfile
pid = read(path)
if pid is None:
return False
# Check if a process with the given pid exists.
try:
os.kill(pid, 0) # Signal 0 does not kill, but check.
except OSError as xxx_todo_changeme1:
(code, text) = xxx_todo_changeme1.args
if code == errno.ESRCH: # No such process.
return False
return True
def kill(path):
"""
Kills the process, if it still exists.
:type path: str
:param path: The name of the pidfile.
"""
# try to read the pid from the pidfile
pid = read(path)
if pid is None:
return
# Try to kill the process.
logging.info("Killing PID %s", pid)
try:
os.kill(pid, 9)
except OSError as xxx_todo_changeme2:
# re-raise if the error wasn't "No such process"
(code, text) = xxx_todo_changeme2.args
# re-raise if the error wasn't "No such process"
if code != errno.ESRCH:
raise
def write(path):
"""
Writes the current process id to the given pidfile.
:type path: str
:param path: The name of the pidfile.
"""
pid = os.getpid()
logging.info("Writing PID %s to '%s'", pid, path)
try:
pidfile = open(path, 'wb')
# get a non-blocking exclusive lock
fcntl.flock(pidfile.fileno(), fcntl.LOCK_EX | fcntl.LOCK_NB)
# clear out the file
pidfile.seek(0)
pidfile.truncate(0)
# write the pid
pidfile.write(str(pid))
finally:
try:
pidfile.close()
except:
pass
def remove(path):
"""
Deletes the pidfile if it exists.
:type path: str
:param path: The name of the pidfile.
"""
logging.info("Removing pidfile '%s'", path)
try:
os.unlink(path)
except IOError:
pass