Daemon process not logging into custom log files

Question

I am creating a daemon process which monitors loads on database. The process is created using the reference of code at http://code.activestate.com/recipes/278731-creating-a-daemon-the-python-way/

What I am trying to do is:

Call the createDaemon() method defined in the function on above link.
Call the function monitor_load() after calling above mentioned function. This function is defined in the same script.

Inside monitor_load(), I call python logging module to log all information in a log file.

I understand that while creating daemon, the code is redirecting all STDOUT, STDIN, STDERR to /dev/null, but I do not want that to happen. I want all logging to happen properly from inside the daemon process.

Any idea how I can accomplish that?

Thanks.

Yes. The production environment does not allow me to install any utility which does not come with default python installation. — Priyesh, Aug 29 '13 at 13:20
and you can't bundle it with your application using the tar.gz file from pypi? — benjamin, Aug 29 '13 at 13:57
Found out the solution. Just needed to close only STDIN, STDOUT and STDERR of parent process. The code was closing all. Thanks for looking into it Benjamin. — Priyesh, Aug 29 '13 at 14:31
Then please add this as an answer and accept it, so people don't have to see it in the "Unanswered" views. — Vinay Sajip, Aug 29 '13 at 16:31

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 01 '14 at 11:35

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Found out the solution. Just needed to close only STDIN, STDOUT and STDERR of parent process. The code was closing all. Thanks for looking into it Benjamin

answered Sep 01 '14 at 11:35

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