short_lived_workers.py (1a1083f) - python_pinger.git

short_lived_workers.py

#!/usr/bin/python3
#
# Since this is meant to be run as a daemon, do not use #!/usr/bin/env python3,
# because the process name would then be python3, not based on __FILE__.
#
# [filename] -d 3 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.12 &
# disown [jobid]
import os
import sys
import subprocess
import time
from argparse import ArgumentParser
import threading
import queue

pinger_lock = threading.Lock()

def pinger(host):
    """Executes one ping, prints if there was a change, exits thread."""
    now = time.localtime()
    success = ping(host)
    with pinger_lock:
        # Access to _results needs to be serialized
        need_update = success != _results[host]
        if need_update:
            _results[host] = success
    if need_update:
        status = "UP" if success else "DOWN"
        _print_queue.put([f'{time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", now)} {host} {status}'])

def ping(host):
    """Returns True if host (str) responds to a ping request."""
    return subprocess.call([*_ping_cmd, host], stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL) == 0

def print_manager():
    """ The only thread allowed to write output. """
    while True:
        job = _print_queue.get()
        for line in job:
            log(line)
        _print_queue.task_done()

def log(*args, **kwargs):
    """Opens the logfile, writes the log, and closes the logfile."""
    # I don't leave the log file open for writing because another process needs access too.
    with open(_logname, 'a') as fp:
        return print(*args, **kwargs, file=fp)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    parser = ArgumentParser(description="Repeatedly ping sites. Ex: %(prog)s -d 3 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.12")
    parser.add_argument('-d', '--delay', type=float, default=1.0, help='Delay between pings')
    parser.add_argument('addresses', nargs='+', help='Addresses to ping')
    parser_args = parser.parse_args()

_results = dict()
    for addr in parser_args.addresses:
        _results[addr] = None
    delay = parser_args.delay
    _logname = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), 'log', os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]).replace('py', 'txt'))

# Choose the ping parameters appropriate for the platform
    if sys.platform == 'cygwin' or sys.platform == 'win32':
        _ping_cmd = ('ping', '-n', '1', '-w', '2000')
    else:
        _ping_cmd = ('ping', '-c', '1', '-W', '2', '-q')

_print_queue = queue.Queue()
    t = threading.Thread(target=print_manager, daemon=True)
    t.start()
    del t

_print_queue.put([f'{time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", time.localtime())}'
                      f' PID={os.getpid()} repeat={delay}s Starting'])
    while True:
        for address in _results.keys():
            t = threading.Thread(target=pinger, args=(address,), daemon=True)
            t.start()
            del t
        time.sleep(delay)

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