Note: Our server is a Linux machine, but we're restricted to Python 2.4. Hi, I'm wondering why subprocess.Popen does not seem to replace the current process, even when it uses os.execvp (according to the documentation: http://docs.python.org/library/subprocess.html#subprocess.Popen). Specifically, when I try to kill a spawned process with Ctrl-C, the SIGINT does not seem to be sent to the spawned process.
Some background: I have a Python script that calls shell scripts or commands. It does not need to regain control after calling these scripts or commands, so up to now I've been using an os.exec* command. It seems the subprocess module is the recommended way for spawning processes, but in this case perhaps it's better I stick with os.exec*? I've seen plenty of discussion about catching KeyboardInterrupt in the parent process and then manually killing the child, but (1) I can't use Popen.kill() on Python 2.4, and (2) this level of process management seems like overkill (pardon the potential for puns) in my case. Thanks for any help. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
