try:

os.kill(pid, 0)

except OSError:

return False

else:

log_dir = os.path.dirname(log_path)

if not os.path.exists(log_dir):

os.makedirs(log_dir)

logging.basicConfig(

level=logging.INFO,

format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)s: %(message)s',

handlers=[

logging.FileHandler(log_path, mode='a'),

logging.StreamHandler()

]

)

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

return logger