Run a python script that is never Killed

Question

I have a script running python script.py in a new screen but sometimes the script gets killed:

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Restarting processes... done
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Killed

How can I protect the script from being killed even when I close the console? Shall I use & or nohup?

Solution

I would recommend adding this code to your script http://code.activestate.com/recipes/278731-creating-a-daemon-the-python-way/

Or use screen.

Edit: This is a little more modern but I haven't used it(I use something custom) http://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-daemon

Comments

[Kyle Smith]

Are you the sole administrator of the system? I just did a quick test and that "Killed" output is not what is displayed when you send Python a SIGKILL or SIGTERM.

[donald]

I use screen but the script seems to be killed without any error.

[donald]

I use screen but the script seems to be killed without any error.