Try to use this http://www.jejik.com/articles/2007/02/a_simple_unix_linux_daemon_in_python/ it allows you start/stop/restart the script using the following commands. python myscript.py start python myscript.py stop python myscript.py restart Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16420092/how-to-make-python-script-run-as-service On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Larry Martell <larry.martell at gmail.com>wrote: > We have a python script that is currently run from cron. We want to > make it into a service so it can be controlled with service > start/stop/restart. Can anyone point me at site that has instructions > on how to do this? I've googled but haven't found anything. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." (A. Einstein) "La mente intuitiva è un dono sacro e la mente razionale è un fedele servo. Noi abbiamo creato una società che onora il servo e ha dimenticato il dono." (A. Einstein) Fabrizio Di Carlo