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Hi.

From my Python-program I spawn a new process. When using P_NOWAIT spawnl
returns the pid but in windows it returns a process handle.
Later I want to kill this process. How can I do this when I only have the
process handle?

-tores-
Jul 18 '05 #1
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Tor Erik Sønvisen wrote:
From my Python-program I spawn a new process. When using P_NOWAIT spawnl

returns the pid but in windows it returns a process handle.
Later I want to kill this process. How can I do this when I only have the
process handle?


Try ctypes - if it's really a Windows handle, then this should work:

from ctypes import *
windll.kernel32 .TerminateProce ss(h, 0) # or whatever return code you want

-Dave
Jul 18 '05 #2
In article <ma************ *************** ************@py thon.org>,
Dave Brueck <da**@pythonapo crypha.com> wrote:
Tor Erik Sønvisen wrote:
From my Python-program I spawn a new process. When using P_NOWAIT spawnl

returns the pid but in windows it returns a process handle.
Later I want to kill this process. How can I do this when I only have the
process handle?


Try ctypes - if it's really a Windows handle, then this should work:

from ctypes import *
windll.kernel3 2.TerminateProc ess(h, 0) # or whatever return code you want

-Dave


I sometimes am so irritated with attendant portability issues
that I open a channel between parent and child, which I use to
send an exit-now message.
Jul 18 '05 #3

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