diff -r 000000000000 -r 40c8f766c9b8 src/cm/utils/thread.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/src/cm/utils/thread.py	Mon Nov 23 15:14:29 2009 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+def synchronized(lock):
+    """ Synchronization decorator. """
+    
+    def wrap(f):
+        def newFunction(*args, **kw):
+            lock.acquire()
+            try:
+                return f(*args, **kw)
+            finally:
+                lock.release()
+        return newFunction
+    return wrap
+
+import sys, os
+
+def daemonize(stdin='/dev/null', stdout='/dev/null', stderr='/dev/null'):
+
+    # Perform first fork.
+    try:
+        pid = os.fork()
+        if pid > 0:
+            sys.exit(0) # Exit first parent.
+    except OSError, e:
+        sys.stderr.write("fork #1 failed: (%d) %s\n" % (e.errno, e.strerror))
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    # Decouple from parent environment.
+    os.chdir("/")
+    os.umask(0)
+    os.setsid()
+
+    # Perform second fork.
+    try:
+        pid = os.fork()
+        if pid > 0:
+            sys.exit(0) # Exit second parent.
+    except OSError, e:
+        sys.stderr.write("fork #2 failed: (%d) %s\n" % (e.errno, e.strerror))
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    # The process is now daemonized, redirect standard file descriptors.
+    for f in sys.stdout, sys.stderr: f.flush()
+    si = file(stdin, 'r')
+    so = file(stdout, 'a+')
+    se = file(stderr, 'a+', 0)
+    os.dup2(si.fileno(), sys.stdin.fileno())
+    os.dup2(so.fileno(), sys.stdout.fileno())
+    os.dup2(se.fileno(), sys.stderr.fileno())