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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def status(self):
 """Determine the status of the daemon"""

        my_name = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
        if self._already_running():
            message = "{0} (pid  {1}) is running...\n".format(my_name, self.pid)
            sys.stdout.write(message)
            return 0
        sys.stdout.write("{0} is stopped\n".format(my_name))
        return 3