kmkz wrote: > Lets say my script A executes two other scripts, B and C. B is a Python > file compiled into an exe and uses the regular black box. C, however, > is a C++ program that I did not write, and have no access to (besides > executing it. ie, i don't have its source). I would like to fork off > the process B and C from A, but make B and C invisible and unable to be > shut down by the user. This way, they have to kill process A. > Unfortunately, this brings me back to the problem I posted above: how > to make the subprocesses dependant on its parent process. Since I have > no access to the C++ program's source I need to come up with a better > way of forcing the OS to "see" process B as being inside of process C > and then shut it down, deallocate its memory, close its pipes, etc... > > Any ideas?
Again, the atexit and signal modules will be your friend. > I'll be willing to PayPal $10 to anyone who completely figures this out > for me :) 1) I wouldn't want to spoil the fun. 2) My time writing code costs much more than that. :-) -- Steve Juranich Tucson, AZ USA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list