Intercepting stdout of a subprocess while it is running
If this is my subprocess:
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subprocess: deleting child processes in Windows
On Windows, subprocess.Popen.terminate calls win32’s TerminalProcess. However, the behavior I see is that child processes of the process I am trying to terminate are still running. Why is that? How do I ensure all child processes started by the process are killed?
Is there a way to change effective process name in Python?
Can I change effective process name of a Python script? I want to show a different name instead of the real name of the process when I get the system process list. In C I can set
Kill process by name?
I’m trying to kill a process (specifically iChat). On the command line, I use these commands:
How to check if there exists a process with a given pid in Python?
Is there a way to check to see if a pid corresponds to a valid process? I’m getting a pid from a different source other than from os.getpid() and I need to check to see if a process with that pid doesn’t exist on the machine.
How to add a timeout to a function in Python
Many attempts have been made in the past to add timeout functionality in Python such that when a specified time limit expired, waiting code could move on. Unfortunately, previous recipes either allowed the running function to continue running and consuming resources or else killed the function using a platform-specific method of thread termination. The purpose of this wiki is to develop a cross-platform answer to this problem that many programmers have had to tackle for various programming projects.
Keep a subprocess alive and keep giving it commands? Python
If I spawn a new subprocess in python with a given command (let’s say I start the python interpreter with the python command), how can I send new data to the process (via STDIN)?
How do I run another script in Python without waiting for it to finish?
I am creating a little dashboard for a user that will allow him to run specific jobs. I am using Django so I want him to be able to click a link to start the job and then return the page back to him with a message that the job is running. The results of … Read more
What is the difference between a job and a process?
What is the difference between a “job” and a “process”?
How to terminate a background process?
I have started a wget on remote machine in background using &. Suddenly it stops downloading. I want to terminate its process, then re-run the command. How can I terminate it?