[Twisted-Python] twistd tap file are not created

[Drew Smathers]

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 8:02 AM, Pet <petshmidt at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying an example from twisted book and when I run this:
> twistd -n reverse_app.py
>
> application works, but no .tap file is created
>

Are you sure the book states you can build tap files with twistd?
mktap is the program for that.  Nonetheless, .tap files are
deprecated:

http://twistedmatrix.com/projects/core/documentation/howto/tap.html#auto1

> Another question, how are twisted daemons actually stopped?
>

With the UNIX kill command ;)

$ kill `cat twisted.pid`

Until this (http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ticket/823) is resolved.

-Drew