Popular recipes tagged "terminate" but not "utility"http://code.activestate.com/recipes/tags/terminate-utility/2009-02-25T10:45:01-08:00ActiveState Code Recipessubprocess.terminate() not always implemented (Python)
2009-02-25T10:45:01-08:00Gui Rhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/4166241/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576667-subprocessterminate-not-always-implemented/
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Python
recipe 576667
by <a href="/recipes/users/4166241/">Gui R</a>
(<a href="/recipes/tags/process_management/">process_management</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/subprocess/">subprocess</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/terminate/">terminate</a>).
Revision 2.
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<p>The new subprocess module brings clarity and simplicity over the popenXX() functions and os.spawnXX() functions, but some implementations don't have the subprocess.terminate() method, which is crucial for killing a spawned process. This workaround works on both POSIX and Windows.</p>