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| author | Brian Curtin <brian.curtin@gmail.com> | 2010-04-12 18:07:21 (GMT) |
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| committer | Brian Curtin <brian.curtin@gmail.com> | 2010-04-12 18:07:21 (GMT) |
| commit | 4e20ab24cf992528539550b0136d01684e2dd74b (patch) | |
| tree | a6f8c151778f84e89464281820afd069f296b0a9 | |
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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 353c400..1336400 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/windows.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/windows.rst @@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ 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 @@ -451,6 +451,11 @@ 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? ------------------------------------------------------- |