On Feb 4, 9:25 pm, Gabriel Genellina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4 feb, 22:21, breal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Feb 4, 3:34 pm, "Gabriel Genellina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > En Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:59:16 -0200, breal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > escribió: > > > > > I have a soap server written in Python that acts as an intermediary > > > > between a web service and an InDesign server. The indesign server is > > > > non-threaded, so when all instances are used up I want to create a new > > > > instance, get the pid, use the process, then kill it. > > > > Use the subprocess > > > module:http://docs.python.org/lib/module-subprocess.html > > > Thanks for the reply. Using subprocess.Popen I am able to get and > > kill the process. However, the process I am running creates another > > process (an instance of InDesign Server) so when I kill the first > > process it doesn't kill the second. Is there any way to capture both > > PIDs and kill them? > > I assume you're on *nix. Can you modify the first process? Make it a > project group leader, then kill the whole group. I don't remember the > details, try `man setpgrp` (or setpg?) > > -- > Gabriel Genellina
Ok, so at first I was calling a shell script that called another program to start. I have eliminated the middle-man shell script and am now calling the program directly. But here is my problem... I need the program to start fully before I go on any further so that it is available later in my script. After it is used I need to kill the pid of the program I started. So, I was trying to use my_process = subprocess.Popen(["/path/to/my/program', "-port", "%s" %port_number, "-configure", "conf.%s" %port_number], stdout=f1) my_process.wait() child_pid = my_process.pid Is this the right way to do it? It seems to be returning a different pid for the process... so when I try to kill it I get a "no such process" error. Basically I have five instances of InDesign server running on various ports.. 18400 - 18404. When they are all in use, I want to start a new instance... have it fully running... then use it and kill it. Any help is appreciated. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
