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Message: [QUOTE="Bernard, post: 3430419"] this works out for me: def tryToFork(cbk, fork=True): ''' If possible, start the process as a daemon under linux otherwise start it normally under Windows the 'fork' flag may deactivate the forking if it is set to False ''' #UNIX/LINUX: FORK if fork: try: #Fork and commit suicide if os.fork(): sys.exit(0) #What to do in parent process else: os.setsid() sys.stdin = open('/dev/null') sys.stdout = open('/dev/null', 'w') sys.stderr = open('/dev/null', 'w') cbk() #WINDOWS: JUST RUN except AttributeError: cbk() #PLAIN, NORMAL RUN else: cbk() def whateverFunctionToFork(): pass tryToFork(whateverFunctionToFork, True) [/QUOTE]