terminate python program

[gopython]

The python program usually terminate itself by the end of the file. Is there anyway to control how the python program should terminate? For example:

import os

os.system ('notepad.exe')
# And here terminate the python program after the notepad is launch

Thank you

[dshimer]

Maybe it's more a matter of using a command that doesn't wait for termination.

import os
os.execlp('notepad','')

which will start up notepad then go on to exit.
You could even put it in a try/except block in case there was a problem.
For example by introducing an error (mispelled the program name)

import os
try:os.execlp('notpad','')
except:print 'There was a problem'

I still get a clean exit.

[ghostdog74]

The python program usually terminate itself by the end of the file. Is there anyway to control how the python program should terminate? For example:

import os

os.system ('notepad.exe')
# And here terminate the python program after the notepad is launch

Thank you

>>> import subprocess
>>> pid = subprocess.Popen(["notepad.exe", " "]).pid

Please see the docs for subprocess

[gopython]

Thanks for the pointer. I thought I try out the sys.exit (0). So that when the python program run the notepad.exe then the python program will just kill itself. But that does not do anything for me. The os.execlp works out fine. I really appreciate it.