On Jul 3, 5:00 pm, Matimus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jul 3, 2:27 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > I packaged up an application I am developing into an executable. In > > the application, it has user configurable options. I would like a way > > to restart the application so that the new options the user chooses > > can be applied. Firefox can restart itself. Does anyone know how to > > accomplish this in Python? > > > Here is what I tried: > > > <code> > > > exePath = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'myprogram.exe') > > subprocess.Popen(exePath) > > sys.exit() > > > </code> > > > This didn't work. It closed the program, but another instance did not > > appear. > > > Tips would be appreciated. > > > Mike > > You could package your program into a function or class and just > restart that. > > [code] > # global flag for restart. > do_restart = False > > def main(args=None): > # program code > # set do_restart and return to restart > > if __name__ == "__main__": > retval = main() > while do_restart: > retval = main() > sys.exit(retval) > > [/code]
Actually I am using wxPython for a GUI front-end. Thus, it is already in a class. I am not sure how to apply your idea to a program that is already running in an infinite event loop. Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
