On 18Dec2012 05:39, Dave Angel <d...@davea.name> wrote:
| On 12/18/2012 05:27 AM, Hans Mulder wrote:
| > On 18/12/12 06:10:43, photonym...@gmail.com wrote:
| >> I hope I understand the question... but shouldn't you wait for the process
to complete before exiting?
| >>
| >> Something like:
| >>
| >> pid = subprocess.Popen(...)
| >> pid.wait()
| >>
| >> Otherwise, it'll exit before the background process is done.
| > Why would that be a problem?
|
| Because you don't want to bog the system down with a zombie task.
A zombie task is just a process table slot; it costs the system almost
nothing. It is untidy but except in extreme cases, not a performance or
resource issue.
OTOH, a child process that is still active (pointlessly) might be a
problem...
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