Added pidFile support and a signal handler for SIGTERM (the default for kill).

scripts/supybot

@@ -40,11 +40,17 @@ import os
 import sys
 import atexit
 import shutil
+import signal
 
 if sys.version_info < (2, 3, 0):
     sys.stderr.write('This program requires Python >= 2.3.0\n')
     sys.exit(-1)
 
+def signalHandler(signalNumber, stackFrame):
+    raise SystemExit, 'Signal #%s' % signalNumber
+
+signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, signalHandler)
+
 import time
 import optparse
 
@@ -71,7 +77,10 @@ def main():
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
             log.info('Exiting due to Ctrl-C.')
             break
-        except SystemExit:
+        except SystemExit, e:
+            s = str(e)
+            if s:
+                log.info('Exiting due to %s', s)
             break
         except:
             try: # Ok, now we're *REALLY* paranoid!
@@ -282,7 +291,18 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     import conf
     import world
     world.starting = True
-    
+
+    # Let's write the PID file.
+    pidFile = conf.supybot.pidFile()
+    if pidFile:
+        try:
+            fd = file(pidFile, 'w')
+            pid = os.getpid()
+            fd.write('%s\n' % pid)
+            fd.close()
+        except EnvironmentError, e:
+            log.error('Error opening pid file %s: %s', pidFile, e)
+            
     def closeRegistry():
         # We only print if world.dying so we don't see these messages during
         # upkeep.

src/conf.py

@@ -437,8 +437,13 @@ the default timeout for socket objects will be.  This means that *all* sockets
 will timeout when this many seconds has gone by (unless otherwise modified by
 the author of the code that uses the sockets)."""))
 
+supybot.register('pidFile', registry.String('', """Determines what file the bot
+should write its PID (Process ID) to, so you can kill it more easily.  If it's
+left unset (as is the default) then no PID file will be written.  A restart is
+required for changes to this variable to take effect."""))
+
 ###
-# Driver stuff.
+# supybot.drivers.  For stuff relating to Supybot's drivers (duh!)
 ###
 supybot.register('drivers')
 supybot.drivers.register('poll', registry.Float(1.0, """Determines the default
@@ -468,6 +473,10 @@ you can nest the former value and add a new one.  E.g. you can say: bot:
 'config supybot.directories.plugins [config supybot.directories.plugins],
 newPluginDirectory'."""))
 
+
+###
+# supybot.databases.  For stuff relating to Supybot's databases (duh!)
+###
 supybot.register('databases')
 supybot.databases.register('users')
 supybot.databases.users.register('filename', registry.String('users.conf', """