On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:32:12 -0700, Chris Rebert wrote: > I believe you need to /eventually/ call .wait() as shown to avoid the > child becoming a zombie process.
Alternatively, you can call .poll() periodically. This is similar to .wait() insofar as it will "reap" the process if it has terminated, but unlike .wait(), .poll() won't block if the process is still running. On Unix, you can use os.fork(), have the child execute the command in the background, and have the parent wait for the child with os.wait(). The child will terminate as soon as it has spawned the grandchild, and the grandchild will be reaped automatically upon termination (so you can forget about it). -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
