Monitoring external processes

[arunasunil]

Hi,

Is there a way to track external processes launched by python on the
Mac? I am using subprocess module to launch the process.

Thanks
Sunil

[Graham Dumpleton]

On Oct 23, 3:09 pm, [e-mail] wrote:

Hi,

Is there a way to track external processes launched by python on the
Mac? I am using subprocess module to launch the process.

Thanks
Sunil

If using Python 2.3/2.4, you can use os.wait().

If using Python 2.5, there is also have os.wait3() and os.wait4().

See the operating system manual pages for the difference. Ie.,

man wait4

Graham

[Simon Brunning]

On 10/23/07, ar********@gmail.com <ar********@gmail.comwrote:

Is there a way to track external processes launched by python on the
Mac? I am using subprocess module to launch the process.

Depending on how much detail you are looking for, PSI might be worth a look.

http://www.psychofx.com/psi/

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[arunasunil]

On Oct 22, 11:33 pm, Graham Dumpleton <[e-mail]>
wrote:

On Oct 23, 3:09 pm, [e-mail] wrote:

Hi,

Is there a way to track external processes launched by python on the
Mac? I am using subprocess module to launch the process.

Thanks
Sunil

If using Python 2.3/2.4, you can use os.wait().

If using Python 2.5, there is also have os.wait3() and os.wait4().

See the operating system manual pages for the difference. Ie.,

man wait4

Graham

Ah! Exactly what I needed.

Thanks
Sunil.

[arunasunil]

On Oct 22, 11:33 pm, Graham Dumpleton <[e-mail]>
wrote:

On Oct 23, 3:09 pm, [e-mail] wrote:

Hi,

Is there a way to track external processes launched by python on the
Mac? I am using subprocess module to launch the process.

Thanks
Sunil

If using Python 2.3/2.4, you can use os.wait().

If using Python 2.5, there is also have os.wait3() and os.wait4().

See the operating system manual pages for the difference. Ie.,

man wait4

Graham

I'm having a slight problem using wait3 or wait4. I want monitor a
launched process and get its resource usage information. When I call
os.wait4 with the pid the first time the call returns successfully but
the second time around I get a OSError with "No child processes"
error. I have tried using WCONTINUED, WNOHANG and WUNTRACED options.

Sunil.