def daemonize()

in luigi/process.py [0:0]


def daemonize(cmd, pidfile=None, logdir=None, api_port=8082, address=None, unix_socket=None):
    import daemon

    logdir = logdir or "/var/log/luigi"
    if not os.path.exists(logdir):
        os.makedirs(logdir)

    log_path = os.path.join(logdir, "luigi-server.log")

    # redirect stdout/stderr
    today = datetime.date.today()
    stdout_path = os.path.join(
        logdir,
        "luigi-server-{0:%Y-%m-%d}.out".format(today)
    )
    stderr_path = os.path.join(
        logdir,
        "luigi-server-{0:%Y-%m-%d}.err".format(today)
    )
    stdout_proxy = open(stdout_path, 'a+')
    stderr_proxy = open(stderr_path, 'a+')

    try:
        ctx = daemon.DaemonContext(
            stdout=stdout_proxy,
            stderr=stderr_proxy,
            working_directory='.',
            initgroups=False,
        )
    except TypeError:
        # Older versions of python-daemon cannot deal with initgroups arg.
        ctx = daemon.DaemonContext(
            stdout=stdout_proxy,
            stderr=stderr_proxy,
            working_directory='.',
        )

    with ctx:
        loghandler = get_spool_handler(log_path)
        rootlogger.addHandler(loghandler)

        if pidfile:
            server_logger.info("Checking pid file")
            existing_pid = check_pid(pidfile)
            if pidfile and existing_pid:
                server_logger.info("Server already running (pid=%s)", existing_pid)
                return
            write_pid(pidfile)

        cmd(api_port=api_port, address=address, unix_socket=unix_socket)