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# manage files
def pid_file():
- """We use a pid file to ensure that only one copy of NM is running at a given time. If successful, this function will write a pid file containing the pid of the current process. The return value is the pid of the other running process, or None otherwise."""
+ """We use a pid file to ensure that only one copy of NM is running at a given time.
+If successful, this function will write a pid file containing the pid of the current process.
+The return value is the pid of the other running process, or None otherwise."""
other_pid = None
if os.access(PID_FILE, os.F_OK): # check for a pid file
handle = open(PID_FILE) # pid file exists, read it