from subprocess import Popen import os if os.geteuid() != 0: print "Please run this as root." sys.exit(1) try: #create media-monitor dir under /var/tmp/airtime if not os.path.exists("/var/tmp/airtime/media-monitor"): os.makedirs("/var/tmp/airtime/media-monitor") #update-rc.d init script p = Popen("update-rc.d airtime-media-monitor defaults >/dev/null 2>&1", shell=True) sts = os.waitpid(p.pid, 0)[1] #Start media-monitor daemon print "* Waiting for media-monitor processes to start..." """ p = Popen("invoke-rc.d airtime-media-monitor stop", shell=True) sts = os.waitpid(p.pid, 0)[1] """ p = Popen("invoke-rc.d airtime-media-monitor start-no-monit", shell=True) sts = os.waitpid(p.pid, 0)[1] except Exception, e: print e