X-Git-Url: https://git.ralfj.de/saartuer.git/blobdiff_plain/f5e51ba317a3119d1c2ea987cb922a8f437122dd..615e31f78190bfc6d32f198b735eb1198b73df7f:/libtuer.py

diff --git a/libtuer.py b/libtuer.py
index 1789b90..835bf6d 100644
--- a/libtuer.py
+++ b/libtuer.py
@@ -58,16 +58,26 @@ class Logger:
 
 logger = Logger()
 
+# run a Python command asynchronously
+def fire_and_forget(f):
+	def _fire_and_forget():
+		try:
+			f()
+		except Exception as e:
+			logger.critical("fire_and_forget: Got exception out of callback: %s" % str(e))
+			logger.debug(traceback.format_exc())
+	t = threading.Thread(target=_fire_and_forget)
+	t.start()
+
 # run a command asynchronously and log the return value if not 0
 # prefix must be a string identifying the code position where the call came from
-def fire_and_forget (cmd, log, prefix):
-	def _fire_and_forget ():
+def fire_and_forget_cmd (cmd, log, prefix):
+	def _fire_and_forget_cmd ():
 		with open("/dev/null", "w") as fnull:
 			retcode = subprocess.call(cmd, stdout=fnull, stderr=fnull)
 			if retcode is not 0:
 				logger.error("%sReturn code %d at command: %s" % (prefix,retcode,str(cmd)))
-	t = threading.Thread(target=_fire_and_forget)
-	t.start()
+	fire_and_forget(_fire_and_forget_cmd)
 
 # Threaded callback class
 class ThreadFunction():