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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import time
+import socket
+import sys
+import os
+import fcntl
+import subprocess
+
+def main():
+    socket_path = "./test.sock"
+    daemon_command = "./.lake/build/bin/sand"
+    daemon_args = ["daemon"]
+
+    sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+    
+    # Remove the socket file if it already exists
+    try:
+        os.unlink(socket_path)
+    except OSError:
+        if os.path.exists(socket_path):
+            raise
+
+    sock.bind(socket_path)
+    sock.listen(1)
+
+    flags = fcntl.fcntl(sock.fileno(), fcntl.F_GETFD)
+    flags |= fcntl.FD_CLOEXEC
+    fcntl.fcntl(sock.fileno(), fcntl.F_SETFD, flags)
+
+    # Print debug information
+    print(f"Python: Socket created at {socket_path} on fd {sock.fileno()}")
+
+    # Start the daemon in the background
+    daemon_proc = subprocess.Popen(
+        [daemon_command] + daemon_args,
+        pass_fds=(sock.fileno(),),
+    )
+
+    print(f"Python: Daemon started with PID {daemon_proc.pid}")
+
+    # Close the socket in the parent process
+    sock.close()
+
+    run_client_tests(socket_path)
+
+def run_client_tests(socket_path):
+    # Example client test
+    print(f"Python: Running client tests against {socket_path}")
+
+    # Add your client test code here
+    # For example:
+    client_sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+    client_sock.connect(socket_path)
+    client_sock.send(b'"list"')
+    response = client_sock.recv(1024)
+    print(f"Python: Received response: {response}")
+    client_sock.close()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
+