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diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst index 901ce4d..09dbbd1 100644 --- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst +++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst @@ -208,6 +208,29 @@ Instances of the :class:`Popen` class have the following methods: size is large or unlimited. +.. method:: Popen.send_signal(signal) + + Sends the signal *signal* to the child. + + .. note:: + + On Windows only SIGTERM is supported so far. It's an alias for + *terminate*. + + +.. method:: Popen.terminate() + + Stop the child. On Posix OSs the method sends SIGTERM to the + child. On Windows the Win32 API function TerminateProcess is called + to stop the child. + + +.. method:: Popen.kill() + + Kills the child. On Posix OSs the function sends SIGKILL to the child. + On Windows *kill* is an alias for *terminate*. + + The following attributes are also available: .. attribute:: Popen.stdin |