Re: Avoiding defunct processes

2012-11-02 Thread Nobody
On Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:16:17 -0700, Richard wrote: > I create child processes with subprocess.Popen(). > Then I either wait for them to finish or kill them. > Either way these processes end up as defunct until the parent process > completes: > $ ps e > 6851 pts/5Z+ 1:29 [python] You need

Re: Avoiding defunct processes

2012-11-01 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 1:16 PM, Richard wrote: > Hello, > > I create child processes with subprocess.Popen(). > Then I either wait for them to finish or kill them. > Either way these processes end up as defunct until the parent process > completes: > $ ps e > 6851 pts/5Z+ 1:29 [python] >

Avoiding defunct processes

2012-11-01 Thread Richard
Hello, I create child processes with subprocess.Popen(). Then I either wait for them to finish or kill them. Either way these processes end up as defunct until the parent process completes: $ ps e 6851 pts/5Z+ 1:29 [python] This confuses another library as to whether the processes are co