Mike Meyer wrote: >John Abel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >>Hi! >> >>I'm currently writing a script which launches external programs, but >>it keeps leaving zombie/defunct processes behind, until I kill the >>launching script, which is a bit of a pain, as it's supposed to be a >>daemon. The code I'm using is: >> >>newPid = subprocess.Popen( cmdLine[ 1: ], executable=cmdLine[ 0 ], >>close_fds=True ).pid >> >>I've tried calling it using the shell=True flag, but that leaves a >>zombie for the sh, instead. I'm not interested in any output, the >>only thing I need returning, is the pid of the new process. I've >>tried using spawn*, with the same results. Does anyone have any ideas? >> >> > >The processes are hanging around in a zombie state so the parent (or >someone) can get their exit status. > >Try calling os.wait() until it returns the exit status for all the >processes you've started. > > <mike > > Ahh, OK. Thanks for that. Works now.
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