--- a/tests/killdaemons.py	Mon Mar 14 14:38:40 2016 +0000
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-import os, sys, time, errno, signal
-
-if os.name =='nt':
-    import ctypes
-
-    def _check(ret, expectederr=None):
-        if ret == 0:
-            winerrno = ctypes.GetLastError()
-            if winerrno == expectederr:
-                return True
-            raise ctypes.WinError(winerrno)
-
-    def kill(pid, logfn, tryhard=True):
-        logfn('# Killing daemon process %d' % pid)
-        PROCESS_TERMINATE = 1
-        PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION = 0x400
-        SYNCHRONIZE = 0x00100000
-        WAIT_OBJECT_0 = 0
-        WAIT_TIMEOUT = 258
-        handle = ctypes.windll.kernel32.OpenProcess(
-                PROCESS_TERMINATE|SYNCHRONIZE|PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION,
-                False, pid)
-        if handle == 0:
-            _check(0, 87) # err 87 when process not found
-            return # process not found, already finished
-        try:
-            r = ctypes.windll.kernel32.WaitForSingleObject(handle, 100)
-            if r == WAIT_OBJECT_0:
-                pass # terminated, but process handle still available
-            elif r == WAIT_TIMEOUT:
-                _check(ctypes.windll.kernel32.TerminateProcess(handle, -1))
-            else:
-                _check(r)
-
-            # TODO?: forcefully kill when timeout
-            #        and ?shorter waiting time? when tryhard==True
-            r = ctypes.windll.kernel32.WaitForSingleObject(handle, 100)
-                                                       # timeout = 100 ms
-            if r == WAIT_OBJECT_0:
-                pass # process is terminated
-            elif r == WAIT_TIMEOUT:
-                logfn('# Daemon process %d is stuck')
-            else:
-                _check(r) # any error
-        except: #re-raises
-            ctypes.windll.kernel32.CloseHandle(handle) # no _check, keep error
-            raise
-        _check(ctypes.windll.kernel32.CloseHandle(handle))
-
-else:
-    def kill(pid, logfn, tryhard=True):
-        try:
-            os.kill(pid, 0)
-            logfn('# Killing daemon process %d' % pid)
-            os.kill(pid, signal.SIGTERM)
-            if tryhard:
-                for i in range(10):
-                    time.sleep(0.05)
-                    os.kill(pid, 0)
-            else:
-                time.sleep(0.1)
-                os.kill(pid, 0)
-            logfn('# Daemon process %d is stuck - really killing it' % pid)
-            os.kill(pid, signal.SIGKILL)
-        except OSError as err:
-            if err.errno != errno.ESRCH:
-                raise
-
-def killdaemons(pidfile, tryhard=True, remove=False, logfn=None):
-    if not logfn:
-        logfn = lambda s: s
-    # Kill off any leftover daemon processes
-    try:
-        fp = open(pidfile)
-        for line in fp:
-            try:
-                pid = int(line)
-            except ValueError:
-                continue
-            kill(pid, logfn, tryhard)
-        fp.close()
-        if remove:
-            os.unlink(pidfile)
-    except IOError:
-        pass
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    path, = sys.argv[1:]
-    killdaemons(path)