kill a process in XP

[Tor Erik Sønvisen]

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-

[Dave Brueck]

Re: kill a process in XP

Tor Erik Sønvisen wrote:[color=blue][color=green]
>>From my Python-program I spawn a new process. When using P_NOWAIT spawnl[/color]
> 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?[/color]

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

[Cameron Laird]

Re: kill a process in XP

In article <mailman.2971.1 109178189.22381 .python-list@python.org >,
Dave Brueck <dave@pythonapo crypha.com> wrote:[color=blue]
>Tor Erik Sønvisen wrote:[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>From my Python-program I spawn a new process. When using P_NOWAIT spawnl[/color]
>> 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?[/color]
>
>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[/color]

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.