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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2010-03-21 09:51:16 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2010-03-21 09:51:16 (GMT) |
| commit | f23f0a2c7ce25890352f7a5a4ec2b5bfd63e4b44 (patch) | |
| tree | 1361f15aa30ffb25675a30c411303a5c98610467 | |
| parent | a39f2afe9be7511bdb0d064dc5b14cf1ae4aa401 (diff) | |
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Update os.kill() emulation example for Windows to use ctypes.
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diff --git a/Doc/faq/windows.rst b/Doc/faq/windows.rst index 2d701c8..353c400 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/windows.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/windows.rst @@ -441,13 +441,15 @@ present, and ``getch()`` which gets one character without echoing it. How do I emulate os.kill() in Windows? -------------------------------------- -Use win32api:: +To terminate a process, you can use ctypes:: + + import ctypes def kill(pid): """kill function for Win32""" - import win32api - handle = win32api.OpenProcess(1, 0, pid) - return (0 != win32api.TerminateProcess(handle, 0)) + kernel32 = ctypes.windll.kernel32 + handle = kernel32.OpenProcess(1, 0, pid) + return (0 != kernel32.TerminateProcess(handle, 0)) Why does os.path.isdir() fail on NT shared directories? |