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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2010-03-21 09:52:24 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2010-03-21 09:52:24 (GMT) |
| commit | ff24c8e11ed37f0f5b35791766ba40f5e8a14641 (patch) | |
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r79181 | georg.brandl | 2010-03-21 10:51:16 +0100 (So, 21 Mär 2010) | 1 line
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 2a19c98..5a5b7ed 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/windows.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/windows.rst @@ -445,13 +445,15 @@ 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? |