"Ernesto" wrote: > I launch a Windows executable and wish to close it from Python. The > code is below. Normally, my program waits for rib.exe to finish, but > I'd like to be able to close it from python if possible. (I suppose if > I was going to do this, I wouldn't use .wait() ) Any ideas ? > > # Launch a program without launching a whole new cmd prompt > def launchWithoutConsole(command, args): > """Launches 'command' windowless and waits until finished""" > startupinfo = subprocess.STARTUPINFO() > startupinfo.dwFlags |= subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW > return subprocess.Popen([command] + args, > startupinfo=startupinfo).wait() > > ribHandle = launchWithoutConsole("rib.exe",["recovery"]) > > # Is there a way to close "rib.exe" using ribHandle ?
for 2.4 and earlier, see: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/347462 for 2.5 (upcoming) and later, you can use either the ctypes method or the _subprocess.TerminateProcess() call. </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list