quit hijacking stderr for the python process id, just write it straight to the file

mcabbernotify.py

@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ class Handlers(object):
 
 
 def main():
-	print >> sys.stderr, "%d\n" % os.getpid()
+	fp = open(sys.argv[1], 'a')
+	fp.write("%d\n" % os.getpid())
+	fp.close()
 	h = Handlers()
 	notifier_init()
 	try:

start.sh

@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 DIR=$HOME/.mcabber
 
 pidtail() {
-	tail -F $1 &
+	tail -F $1 2>/dev/null &
 	echo $! 1>&2
 }
 
 echo -n > $DIR/notify_pids
 echo -n > $DIR/last_event
-(pidtail $DIR/last_event 2>> $DIR/notify_pids | python $DIR/mcabbernotify.py 2>> $DIR/notify_pids) &
+(pidtail $DIR/last_event 2>> $DIR/notify_pids | python $DIR/mcabbernotify.py $DIR/notify_pids) &
 echo $! >> $DIR/notify_pids