[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > I am using python and CGI to initiate a long running simulation (up to > 5h long) on a remote machine. The main idea is that I use a form, enter > the parameters and a CGI scripts start the simulation using these > parameters. The structure of the script is: > > 1. Read paremeters > 2. Display some information > 3. Start the simulation > > For step 3 I use either os.system or os.popen(2). The problem is that > the web server does not send the information of step 2 back to the > browser, unless step 3 is completed. The browser simply waits for a > response, without displaying anything. How can I just read the params, > display the info I want, start the simulation and then terminate either > the script or at least the connection to the browser without having to > wait for the simulation to finish? > > I am using activestate python 2.4, Apache and WinXP. > > Thanks a lot for your help.
Maybe you could use 'os.spawn' variants with the P_NOWAIT parameter... (not sure of the syntax here, it's in the doc) Good luck! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
