Comments on: System backup script: no more endless lock

By: Taoufix

Taoufix — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:47:56 +0000

The 1st time running the script it always crashes w/:

    exit_code = waitpid(child.pid, 0)[1]
OSError: [Errno 10] No child processes

as a work around I use this:

  try:
    exit_code = waitpid(child.pid, 0)[1]
  except OSError:
    exit_code = 1

By: Integer Originator

Integer Originator — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:41:28 +0000

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "bq-my-system-backup-2007_08_12.py", line 357, in ?
main()

is common ?

By: donwe

donwe — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 07:31:36 +0000

This version does not work on my server as it produced many errors as below:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "bq-my-system-backup-2007_08_12.py", line 357, in ?
    main()
  File "bq-my-system-backup-2007_08_12.py", line 303, in main
    updateLockFile()
  File "bq-my-system-backup-2007_08_12.py", line 164, in updateLockFile
    lock_data['process_list'] = getProcessList()
  File "bq-my-system-backup-2007_08_12.py", line 249, in getProcessList
    children = getRecursiveProcessChildren(parent_pid=script_pid)
  File "bq-my-system-backup-2007_08_12.py", line 236, in getRecursiveProcessChildren
    children = getProcessChildren(parent_pid)
  File "bq-my-system-backup-2007_08_12.py", line 225, in getProcessChildren
    child_pid = int(child_info_list[0])
ValueError: invalid literal for int(): ps: