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| author | Brian Curtin <brian.curtin@gmail.com> | 2010-04-12 18:10:10 +0000 |
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| committer | Brian Curtin <brian.curtin@gmail.com> | 2010-04-12 18:10:10 +0000 |
| commit | 93d87ea0d35b88359bf2ec2d3ed6d79ee4bbbfe0 (patch) | |
| tree | 0c81fb45a232e1e630592e3d053e13641a20d7cf /Doc/faq/windows.rst | |
| parent | 6120a440c3c3f420040552abe54a132bb7001f55 (diff) | |
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Merged revisions 80009 via svnmerge from
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r80009 | brian.curtin | 2010-04-12 13:07:21 -0500 (Mon, 12 Apr 2010) | 2 lines
Update the Windows FAQ's text about os.kill (#1220212).
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diff --git a/Doc/faq/windows.rst b/Doc/faq/windows.rst index 5a5b7edf2e..bfd03f7640 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/windows.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/windows.rst @@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ present, and ``getch()`` which gets one character without echoing it. How do I emulate os.kill() in Windows? -------------------------------------- -To terminate a process, you can use ctypes:: +Prior to Python 2.7 and 3.2, to terminate a process, you can use :mod:`ctypes`:: import ctypes @@ -455,6 +455,11 @@ To terminate a process, you can use ctypes:: handle = kernel32.OpenProcess(1, 0, pid) return (0 != kernel32.TerminateProcess(handle, 0)) +In 2.7 and 3.2, :func:`os.kill` is implemented similar to the above function, +with the additional feature of being able to send CTRL+C and CTRL+BREAK +to console subprocesses which are designed to handle those signals. See +:func:`os.kill` for further details. + Why does os.path.isdir() fail on NT shared directories? ------------------------------------------------------- |