Terminating a subprocess '.exe'

[Ernesto]

I launch a Windows executable and wish to close it from Python. The
code is below. Normally, my program waits for rib.exe to finish, but
I'd like to be able to close it from python if possible. (I suppose if
I was going to do this, I wouldn't use .wait() ) Any ideas ?

# Launch a program without launching a whole new cmd prompt
def launchWithoutConsole(command, args):
"""Launches 'command' windowless and waits until finished"""
startupinfo = subprocess.STARTUPINFO()
startupinfo.dwFlags |= subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
return subprocess.Popen([command] + args,
startupinfo=startupinfo).wait()

ribHandle = launchWithoutConsole("rib.exe",["recovery"])

# Is there a way to close "rib.exe" using ribHandle ?

 

[Fredrik Lundh]

I launch a Windows executable and wish to close it from Python. The
code is below. Normally, my program waits for rib.exe to finish, but
I'd like to be able to close it from python if possible. (I suppose if
I was going to do this, I wouldn't use .wait() ) Any ideas ?

# Launch a program without launching a whole new cmd prompt
def launchWithoutConsole(command, args):
"""Launches 'command' windowless and waits until finished"""
startupinfo = subprocess.STARTUPINFO()
startupinfo.dwFlags |= subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
return subprocess.Popen([command] + args,
startupinfo=startupinfo).wait()

ribHandle = launchWithoutConsole("rib.exe",["recovery"])

# Is there a way to close "rib.exe" using ribHandle ?

for 2.4 and earlier, see:

http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/347462

for 2.5 (upcoming) and later, you can use either the ctypes method
or the _subprocess.TerminateProcess() call.

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[Ernesto]

I launch a Windows executable and wish to close it from Python. The
code is below. Normally, my program waits for rib.exe to finish, but
I'd like to be able to close it from python if possible. (I suppose if
I was going to do this, I wouldn't use .wait() ) Any ideas ?

# Launch a program without launching a whole new cmd prompt
def launchWithoutConsole(command, args):
"""Launches 'command' windowless and waits until finished"""
startupinfo = subprocess.STARTUPINFO()
startupinfo.dwFlags |= subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
return subprocess.Popen([command] + args,
startupinfo=startupinfo).wait()

ribHandle = launchWithoutConsole("rib.exe",["recovery"])

# Is there a way to close "rib.exe" using ribHandle ?

for 2.4 and earlier, see:

http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/347462

for 2.5 (upcoming) and later, you can use either the ctypes method
or the _subprocess.TerminateProcess() call.

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Works EXACTLY the way I want it to. Thanks Fredrik !