- """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."""