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at October 21, 2011 23:47 by Skince
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# linux, mac os.kill(pid, signal.SIGKILL) killedpid, stat = os.waitpid(pid, os.WNOHANG) if killedpid == 0: print >> sys.stderr, "ACK! PROCESS NOT KILLED?" # windows handle = subprocess.Popen("someprocess here", shell=False) subprocess.Popen("taskkill /F /T /PID %i"%handle.pid , shell=True) #also # Create a process that won't end on its own import subprocess process = subprocess.Popen(['python.exe', '-c', 'while 1: pass']) # Kill the process using pywin32 import win32api win32api.TerminateProcess(int(process._handle), -1) # Kill the process using ctypes import ctypes ctypes.windll.kernel32.TerminateProcess(int(process._handle), -1) # Kill the proces using pywin32 and pid import win32api PROCESS_TERMINATE = 1 handle = win32api.OpenProcess(PROCESS_TERMINATE, False, process.pid) win32api.TerminateProcess(handle, -1) win32api.CloseHandle(handle) # Kill the proces using ctypes and pid import ctypes PROCESS_TERMINATE = 1 handle = ctypes.windll.kernel32.OpenProcess(PROCESS_TERMINATE, False, process.pid) ctypes.windll.kernel32.TerminateProcess(handle, -1) ctypes.windll.kernel32.CloseHandle(handle)
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http://www.daniweb.com/software-development/python/threads/339661/1442926
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killing a process in python
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Python