swift-init looks for a "--once" argument. If it's present, then the once kwarg will be set in the call to swift.common.daemon.run_daemon(). This in turn calls the appropriate run_once or run_forever. https://github.com/openstack/swift/blob/master/swift/common/daemon.py#L55 --John On Oct 7, 2013, at 9:36 PM, pragya jain <prag_2648 at yahoo.co.in> wrote: > hello all, > > when we give the command > $ sudo swift-init accoount-auditor start > > __init__ functions defined in the class AccountAuditor in swift/account/auditor.py is invoked. > > But, I don't understand > 1. How does the control go to run_forever() or run_once() function defined in the same class? > 2. Who will decide whether to run run_forever() function or run_once() function? > > Please help me in this regard > ------ > > Thanks > > Pragya jain > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack > Post to : openstack at lists.openstack.org > Unsubscribe : http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 801 bytes Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail URL: <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack/attachments/20131007/a1d7c8fb/attachment.sig>