[Fab-user] Can't figure out how to spawn process with local

[Taras Mankovski]

Hey Guys,

I'm trying to start google app engine's dev_runserver as a daemon.

So I'm trying to do 

pid = local('./bin/dev_appserver --port=%s beecoop.com & '%(env.port))

But when it gets to this line, it just sits there and waits.

If I run this command in bash I get

./bin/dev_appserver --port=10500 beecoop.com &

[1] 17095

Can you please explain why it does this? and what how would I get it daemonize and move on?

Thank you,

Taras