I might not have made myself very clear, since you both got me wrong. What I need, is not a method to terminate a process, but a way to terminate a process when the main process dies.
>From the atexit module info: Note: the functions registered via this module are not called when the program is killed by a signal, when a Python fatal internal error is detected, or when os._exit() is called. I belive that there is noway you can be sure to get a piece of code run, if the program crashes or something like that, therefor I ask for a way to run gnuchess as a kind of subprocess, that can only run when the parrentprocess is still running. I know this is called a daemon thread in java. > 2006/8/26, Thomas Dybdahl Ahle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Hi, I'm writing a program, using popen4(gnuchess), >> The problem is, that gnuchess keeps running after program exit. >> >> I know about the atexit module, but in java, you could make a process a >> daemon process, and it would only run as long as the real processes ran. I >> think this is a better way to stop gnuchess, as you are 100% sure, that >> it'll stop. >> >> Can you do this with popen? >> >> -- >> Thomas >> -- >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >> > You could send the quit (or close or wahtever) command to gnuchess > when you want it to terminate. Supposing that gnuchess needs to do > some stuff on exit, this is a better solution. > > PAolo -- Programmers should realize their critical importance and responsibility in a world gone digital. They are in many ways similar to the priests and monks of Europe's Dark Ages; they are the only ones with the training and insight to read and interpret the "scripture" of this age. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
