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]

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?

Try ctypes - if it's really a Windows handle, then this should work:

from ctypes import *
windll.kernel32.TerminateProcess(h, 0) # or whatever return code you want

-Dave

 

[Cameron Laird]

Try ctypes - if it's really a Windows handle, then this should work:

from ctypes import *
windll.kernel32.TerminateProcess(h, 0) # or whatever return code you want

-Dave

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.