En Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:05:04 -0200, breal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió:
> 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. wait() waits until the process finishes. You can't kill it later - it's already dead :) > 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. What means "fully working"? I guess you could try to connect to the port used, and when the connection succeeds, it's ready. -- Gabriel Genellina -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
