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+#############################################################################
+# Start and stop daemons, or background processes.
+
+
+import logging
+import os
+import signal
+
+
+# Start a process in the background.
+def start_daemon(ctx, name, argv):
+    logging.debug(f"Starting daemon {name}")
+    logging.debug(f"  ctx={ctx.as_dict()}")
+    logging.debug(f"  name={name}")
+    logging.debug(f"  argv={argv}")
+
+    if "daemon" not in ctx.as_dict():
+        ctx["daemon"] = {}
+    assert name not in ctx["daemon"]
+    this = ctx["daemon"][name] = {
+        "pid-file": f"{name}.pid",
+        "stderr": f"{name}.stderr",
+        "stdout": f"{name}.stdout",
+    }
+    runcmd(
+        ctx,
+        [
+            "/usr/sbin/daemonize",
+            "-c",
+            os.getcwd(),
+            "-p",
+            this["pid-file"],
+            "-e",
+            this["stderr"],
+            "-o",
+            this["stdout"],
+        ]
+        + argv,
+    )
+    exit_code_is(ctx, 0)
+    this["pid"] = int(open("ewww.pid").read().strip())
+    assert process_exists(this["pid"])
+
+    logging.debug(f"Started daemon {name}")
+    logging.debug(f"  ctx={ctx.as_dict()}")
+
+
+# Stop a daemon.
+def stop_daemon(ctx, name):
+    logging.debug(f"Stopping daemon {name}")
+    logging.debug(f"  ctx={ctx.as_dict()}")
+    logging.debug(f"  ctx['daemon']={ctx.as_dict()['daemon']}")
+
+    this = ctx["daemon"][name]
+    terminate_process(this["pid"], signal.SIGKILL)
+
+
+# Does a process exist?
+def process_exists(pid):
+    try:
+        os.kill(pid, 0)
+    except ProcessLookupError:
+        return False
+    return True
+
+
+# Terminate process.
+def terminate_process(pid, signal):
+    os.kill(pid, signal)