Remove daemonization

config

@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@
 # For example: 0.0.0.0:9999, [::]:9999
 #hosts = 127.0.0.1:5232
 
-# Daemon flag
-#daemon = False
-
-# File storing the PID in daemon mode
-#pid =
-
 # Max parallel connections
 #max_connections = 20
 

radicale/__main__.py

@@ -23,13 +23,11 @@ from a python programme with ``radicale.__main__.run()``.
 """
 
 import argparse
-import atexit
 import os
 import select
 import signal
 import socket
 import ssl
-import sys
 from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server
 
 from radicale import (VERSION, Application, RequestHandler, ThreadedHTTPServer,
@@ -135,45 +133,6 @@ def run():
         exit(1)
 
 
-def daemonize(configuration):
-    """Fork and decouple if Radicale is configured as daemon."""
-    # Check and create PID file in a race-free manner
-    if configuration.get("server", "pid"):
-        try:
-            pid_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(
-                configuration.get("server", "pid")))
-            pid_fd = os.open(
-                pid_path, os.O_CREAT | os.O_EXCL | os.O_WRONLY)
-        except OSError as e:
-            raise OSError("PID file exists: %r" %
-                          configuration.get("server", "pid")) from e
-    pid = os.fork()
-    if pid:
-        # Write PID
-        if configuration.get("server", "pid"):
-            with os.fdopen(pid_fd, "w") as pid_file:
-                pid_file.write(str(pid))
-        sys.exit()
-    if configuration.get("server", "pid"):
-        os.close(pid_fd)
-
-        # Register exit function
-        def cleanup():
-            """Remove the PID files."""
-            logger.debug("Cleaning up")
-            # Remove PID file
-            os.unlink(pid_path)
-        atexit.register(cleanup)
-    # Decouple environment
-    os.chdir("/")
-    os.setsid()
-    with open(os.devnull, "r") as null_in:
-        os.dup2(null_in.fileno(), sys.stdin.fileno())
-    with open(os.devnull, "w") as null_out:
-        os.dup2(null_out.fileno(), sys.stdout.fileno())
-        os.dup2(null_out.fileno(), sys.stderr.fileno())
-
-
 def serve(configuration):
     """Serve radicale from configuration."""
     logger.info("Starting Radicale")
@@ -260,8 +219,6 @@ def serve(configuration):
     if not shutdown_program_socket_out or os.name == "nt":
         # Fallback to busy waiting. (select.select blocks SIGINT on Windows.)
         select_timeout = 1.0
-    if configuration.getboolean("server", "daemon"):
-        daemonize(configuration)
     logger.info("Radicale server ready")
     while not shutdown_program:
         try:

radicale/config.py

@@ -57,17 +57,6 @@ INITIAL_CONFIG = OrderedDict([
             "help": "set server hostnames including ports",
             "aliases": ["-H", "--hosts"],
             "type": str}),
-        ("daemon", {
-            "value": "False",
-            "help": "launch as daemon",
-            "aliases": ["-d", "--daemon"],
-            "opposite": ["-f", "--foreground"],
-            "type": bool}),
-        ("pid", {
-            "value": "",
-            "help": "set PID filename for daemon mode",
-            "aliases": ["-p", "--pid"],
-            "type": str}),
         ("max_connections", {
             "value": "20",
             "help": "maximum number of parallel connections",